The Cubans I talked to talked yearningly of"the change". I toured the island and spent some time in Havana.  My wife and I brought two xtra suitcases of children's clothes which we gave to our maid. I remember touring and being told by the guide about the hospital we were about to see.  When I laid eyes upon it I had thought the building looked like something out of a war zone. The people couldn't leave, they couldn't start a business, they could buy a property but only from the government and then sell only to the government.  They were allowed to have 12 person max restaurants. Being one of the only forms of business this was embraced and common. My sense is that the people suffered greatly and had little freedom. With that expressed they have a happiness about them which to me spoke to the human spirit. Castro was a dictator and his legacy should not be celebrated.