There was a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate and he formed a literacy brigade that went out and they helped people … , fleeing Cuba under that dictatorship. … "I said this to President Castro in Cuba. Look you've made great progress in educating young people...Medical care.…
"Cuba is a dictatorship. … "Barack Obama made the point that Cuba had made good progress in healthcare and education," Sanders said. … "Cuba is an authoritarian country.…
Sanders continually praises Castro but look at what Cuba is today. … There's a reason people flee Cuba for America... and it's not to leave one communist country for another. .…
and decades of impoverishment and repression for millions -- Sanders explained: "We're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba … Cuba had an 80% literacy rate before Castro's coup). … In 1989, Sanders stated after visiting Cuba: "I did not see a hungry child. I did not see any homeless people."…
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the former Republican Congresswoman from Florida who was born in Havana, Cuba, slammed Democratic frontrunner … There were a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate," Sanders said Monday. "He formed the literacy brigade... … "We're very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba, but you know, it's unfair to simply say everything is bad. You know?"…
There was a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate and he formed a literacy brigade that went out and they helped people … "I find Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments on Castro’s Cuba absolutely unacceptable," Rep.…
Then there was this: In “60 Minutes” interview, Sanders goes out of his way praise elements of Castro’s reign of Cuba. … “We’re very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba but it’s unfair to say everything’s bad.…
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stood by the comments he made in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired on Sunday about Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba … There was a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate and he formed a literacy brigade that went out and they helped people … "I have been extremely consistent and critical of all authoritarian regimes all over the world including Cuba, including Nicaragua,…
However, Cooper did ask Sanders about some positive statements that he has made about Communist Cuba. … Cuba, other communist countries, and other totalitarian countries spent a lot more on education than freer countries with the same … Communist countries from Cuba to Eastern Europe to the Soviet Union impoverished their citizens, though their leaders lived lives of…
The comments echoed previous praise Sanders gave the man who caused many to flee Cuba for America and a new life of freedom instead … She, too, remained silent after Sanders suggested that Fidel Castro, who led a communist tyranny in Cuba for more than 50 years, did…
. — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@DebbieforFL) February 24, 2020Whether the subject is Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Israel or other foreign … Castro regime’s been in power in Cuba for +60 yrs w/o free elections. They’ve killed, jailed, tortured thousands.…
At any rate, shortly after Fidel Castro’s famous speech, the process of gun confiscation started in Cuba—but gradually. … Farm collectivization was no more voluntary in Cuba than in the Ukraine. … Batista ran Cuba, everybody from The New York Times to Look to Boys Life (really!)…
In fact, CNN dedicated an entire segment to break down Sanders' past comments about Cuba and the Castro regime. … "And communism, whether in Cuba, whether in the Soviet Union, whether in other countries, was marked by totalitarianism, was marked…
policies he and those who would inevitably surround him espouse, wouldn’t America be pretty far along the road to looking like the Cuba … If you think that, venture into a hypothetical with me: Suppose, like the socialist Sanders praised Castro’s Cuba, a hypothetical Republican…
