It's easy to forget that all the power grabs Chaves did, wrong as they were, originated in a right wing coup attempt that would have left the country no better off. Having the presidents residence under siege tends to leave one paranoid. Castro either deported or imprisoned his enemies, does not in any way compare to two of history's greatest mass murderers. He also successfully created an infrastructure which remains today and which the Cuban people are quite proud of, even if they don't enjoy our political fredoms.