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Repressive regime. >> his legacy is a complicated one, but theres no forgetting how many cubans left the island under dur es. >> in the 1990s the aging ruler courted u.s. businessmen and american tourists. he showed a new tolerance for religion, welcoming pope john paul ii in 1998. anyone friends throughout latin america by exporting cuban trained doctors for medicine. in 1999 a custody battle over 6-year-old elian gonzalez became the symbol of americas struggle with fidel castro. months later a...

>> reporter: until jfks hard-line and back-channel diplomacy got the russians to pull back, for 25 years moscow helped castro arm communist insurgents throughout latin america. with the end of the soviet union, cubas economy imploded on. makeshift boats, thousands of cubans fled the increasingly repressive regime. >> his legacy is a complicated one. but theres no forgetting how many cubans left the island under duress. >> reporter: in the 1990s, the aging ruler courted u.s. businessmen and ameri...