---
"title": "US: Castro Was Bad for Cuba"
"description": "Fully two-thirds of Americans (66%) think that Fidel Castro, who resigned as president of Cuba this week, has been bad for his country."
"date": "2008-02-19"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2008/02/19/us-castro-was-bad-for-cuba/"
---

# US: Castro Was Bad for Cuba

Americans have an overwhelmingly negative view of Fidel Castro, who resigned as president of Cuba this week, with two-thirds (66%) saying he has been bad for Cuba and just 15% saying he has been good; but opinions in others of the nine countries surveyed in the hemisphere are more mixed with pluralities in Canada, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil and Peru saying Castro had a positive effect on Cuba. [Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/737/global-views-on-castro-and-cuba)