I remember seeing a documentary regarding his takeover. One of the first thing he did was kick his mother out of the family plantation and turn it over to the "people". The glare on his mother's face told it all. Then there was the film of the firing squads as he lined up and had shot the "loyal opposition" against the wall. I have heard accounts of the health care being top notch. A buddy, a well-established third generation physician from a family of physicians, was dying of cancer. He never made the trip to Cuba, but he was willing and wanting to go. He never made it.
"C" cut him short.