Both Castro and Pinochet were military dictators that killed and tortured a lot of people.
To compare how good or bad they were by comparing how prosperous the countries are is silly, one of the reasons being the external influences.
Pinochet's junta "disappeared" over two thousand people and tortured over 30,000 (people with names, not estimates). I don't see any credible source stating that Castro killed 20,000.
I actually see this type of Castro/Pinochet comparison as a test for Human Rights and checking if someone is inconsistent because of their right/left wing preconceptions. I find most people dislike or hate one while justifying more or less the other when they are both basically the same.
> I find most people dislike or hate one while justifying more or less the other when they are both basically the same.
Fair enough, I'm not here to argue the merits of one murderous dictator over another. The point is that Wikipedia has 36 sections on Castro with only 3 slightly negative, and 24 on Pinochet and 10 of them are very negative. You'd agree there's a bias there, yes?
Well, I didn't make a comparison study between the two articles but I just read the first ones on Pinochet that you said were "very negative" (Military coup of 1973 and U.S. Backing of the Coup) and they don't seem negative to me at all, pretty mild if you ask me. This overthrowing of a government would be the equivalent of Castro's revolution so I don't get your point sorry.
First time I've ever defended Castro even partly. :-)
>>This overthrowing of a government would be the equivalent of Castro's revolution
Arguably, Castro overthrew a dictator. Allende was, afaik, quite democratic(?).
Castro did break promises about general elections. He took over and got military/economic support from other dictators.
The main difference is that today Castro+family are still dictators of Cuba -- while Pinochet and his junta are gone since a long time, leaving a quite nice country.
And this is totally off topic for HN and the article, of course.
To compare how good or bad they were by comparing how prosperous the countries are is silly, one of the reasons being the external influences.
Pinochet's junta "disappeared" over two thousand people and tortured over 30,000 (people with names, not estimates). I don't see any credible source stating that Castro killed 20,000.
I actually see this type of Castro/Pinochet comparison as a test for Human Rights and checking if someone is inconsistent because of their right/left wing preconceptions. I find most people dislike or hate one while justifying more or less the other when they are both basically the same.