After the 90-year-old Castro's death, Obama called him a "singular figure," while Trump described the bearded communist revolutionary as a "brutal dictator." But many Cubans reckon they could do with their late leader's charisma and way with words to counter Trump's bombast. "Trump is the polar opposite of Obama," said burly Havana taxi driver Pablo Fernandez Martinez, 39, as he hustled for work. Life in Cuba remains hard for its educated but underemployed people, but engagement with the United States has brought in more dollars. Not everything was a bed of roses, but Fidel helped us," he added "The United States has acted as an empire, and that's what Trump represents.

Source: thestar November 27, 2016 07:54 UTC