Pope meets with Cuba's dictator, Fidel Castro- Natalia Hernadez 9th.

Pope Francis has met Fidel Castro on Sunday, at Havana, delivering very subtle jabs at the communist system in which Cubans are repressed, telling that “Whoever wishes to be great must serve others, not be served by others,” and “Service is never ideological, for we do not serve ideas, we serve people.” While Cuba is the least Catholic country in Latin America, many people attended, and watched as the pope meandered through the crowd and kissed children held up to him. His speech stirred many as a call to unity, as a crucial bit of support that will give them hope under the oppressive rule of dictator/"president" Raul Castro (brother to former "president" Fidel Castro).
The meeting itself was low-key, with the two men discussing big issues facing humanity today, where they also exchanged books.

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Its a very important meeting, one that can finally offer at least some hope to the people of Cuba that they can someday be free of the Fidel brother's regime of dictatorship. The pope was key in the lessening of restrictions between Cuba and the U.S (of course, while the embargo is still in place), and it gives people the prospect that things might get better. Obama has loosened travel and economic policies with Cuba, and negotiated with Raul Castro, hinting better relationships. But the point isn't to get all buddy-buddy with Cuba's dictators, not at all. For the 50 years that the embargo has been in place Cuba's economy has suffered tremendously, and so has the life quality of Cubans. In the past the government believed that depriving Cuba of its biggest economic partner would make people rise up against its government. 50 years later those same people remain under that same government, even less likely to rise up in arms when they have no food to feed their families, and no means to fight back. The embargo has served for nothing more than to punish Cuban innocents for having a communist government, a depressing reality that the government has yet to admit and acknowledge.

Is it possible that the government will become democratic peacefully without need of a revolution? Will the Cuban government cease to repress its people should the embargo be lifted? Who knows. But one thing we know for sure, the embargo hasn't worked, and its never going to work. We need to support the hope growing in Cuba instead of running into the same old wall of problems hoping one day it'll move out the way on its own.