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27 Jul 2022 Conversations with Tyler Leopoldo López on Activism Under Autocratic Regimes
“I think overrated, for sure. He was somebody that assassinated people himself. He committed great crimes against the Cuban people.”
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- Leopoldo López
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- 27 Jul 2022
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Che Guevara, overrated or underrated? I think overrated, for sure. He was somebody that assassinated people himself. He committed great crimes against the Cuban people. He also was a systematic violator of human rights and promoted violent conflict elsewhere. But he became a cultural icon that has been presented as something of an idea of a revolution without really looking at what his actions were. If you think of everything you’ve learned and experienced over the decades, have your political views shifted more to the left or more to the right? And why?…
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