Castro as a public figure. == 

 The Castro as a public figure section includes the sentence: He features prominently in the propaganda distributed by the Cuban government, his own persona being intertwined with the Cuban flag, revolution, and national identity. 

 Is this actually true?  It is my impression that it is not.  You could say something like that for Che Guevara or for José Martí but I don't think it is true for Fidel Castro.   

 :I looked at that as well, and didn't buy it. All political groups produce such imagary - such "propoganda", where it is found, is certainly not unique to Castro. Also, see Cult of personality where I've been working around some of the material placed on that rather spurious page. I believe that it should be incorporated here as well. Here is the section 
 ::Fidel Castro, the President of Cuba, often referred to as "Comandante," is a rare example of a leader who insists that he does not promote a cult of personality. When asked about the matter in 1985 Castro replied, "although we have been dogmatic, and we have never preached cult of personality. You will not see a statue of me anywhere, nor a school with my name, nor a street, nor a little town, nor any type of personality cult because we have not taught our people to believe, but to think, to reason out." Despite this, Castro has been accused of "bask[ing] in the adulation and servility of his subordinates" and "creating a regime built around the cult of the personality functions" encouraging "the illusion that only he and his select group of revolutionaries have earned the right to wield unlimited power over the people of Cuba." [3][2] Castro has also been described as an example of the rise of a distinct "charismatic leader" common to developing nations, and of encouraging the "Personalistic political regime". This theory contends that Castro has maintained power largely through highly visible, charismatic leadership and popular appeals to the Cuban people, though the administration is successful only as long as the leader's charisma lasts. [4]  

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