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Mar 4, 2022 · In the darker corners of the internet dwells a theory as outlandish as it is compelling: That the real father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Feb 17, 2018 · A story claiming that Fidel Castro was the father of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not true. The Canadian government denied it, Cuba has never claimed it and Trudeau’s parents never visited Cuba until several years after Justin Trudeau was born.
- Obtuse Words on A Departed Dictator
- Speaking About Authoritarian Regimes
- World Takes Notice of Trudeau
The statementseemed almost deliberately obtuse. Castro, Trudeau wrote, had "served his people for almost half a century" and was possessed of "tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people." Indeed, so dedicated and loving was Castro that he absolutely refused to let anyone else serve the Cuban people as president for 47 years, from 1959 to 2...
At some point on the social media battlefields, someone began passing around Stephen Harper's laudatory statementon the passing of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, another leader of another authoritarian regime. The failure of Western leaders to sufficiently or wholeheartedly condemn certain international regimes is a regular theme in i...
That the international press bothered to note Trudeau's controversy is vaguely flattering: perhaps Canada truly is back if even our national leader's gaffes are worthy of note. And within that might have been some nod to Trudeau's status as an international liberal icon. So this might then be a reminder for Trudeau that his words are considered wor...
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Nov 14, 2016 · In January 1976, then prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau rankled many when he became the first NATO leader to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba. The two got on famously, developing a close bond...
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Feb 12, 2022 · An old falsehood resurfaces: that Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s son. Border blockades hit auto production on both sides of the border. Protesters flood Ottawa, and a border bridge is still...
Feb 17, 2018 · The Feb. 1 suicide of Castro’s oldest son, Fidelito, spurred the most recent report on several sites, claiming that Fidelito left a suicide note referring to Justin Trudeau as his half-brother....
Mar 22, 2019 · A Facebook post claiming to show a picture of Fidel Castro holding an infant Justin Trudeau, actually shows the Cuban leader holding the Canadian prime minister’s late brother, Michel. Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre, was also Canadian prime minister, and according to his son “was very proud to call [Fidel Castro] a friend”.
