# What happens to Cuba when Castro Dies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cuba-when-castro-dies/270493>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cuba-when-castro-dies/270493 "2004-10-21T21:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![acoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@acoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acoop)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cuba-when-castro-dies/270493/1 "2004-10-21T21:29:03Z")

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I was just watching the news and saw Fidel take a dive, and was wondering, what will happen to Cuba once he dies. Does the US take over? lift the embargo?does it become vegas again? can i buy some farm land and take it easy on a tropical island?

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-cuba-when-castro-dies/270493/2 "2004-10-21T21:33:14Z")

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Hello **Acoop** , welcome to the boards. There was just a thread about this a little while ago. Since you can’t search until you become a member, here’s a link:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269559&highlight=CASTRO](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269559&highlight=CASTRO)