Cuba - Page 48

February 25, 2020

Dem field gangs up on Sanders over Cuba comments in debate

Bernie Sanders defended on Tuesday evening his past comments praising the Cuban government’s strides on education and healthcare under the Castro regime, saying he has opposed authoritarian regimes across the globe but that sometimes they “do some things good.”

February 25, 2020

Mike Gonzalez: My family came from Cuba — Sanders should educate himself on Cuban suffering

No European or American in his right mind would immigrate to Cuba today.

February 25, 2020

DNC spokesperson says party 'very clear' in opposing dictatorships after Sanders' Castro defense

Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa responded Tuesday to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his praise of Cuba's late Communist dictator Fidel Castro.

February 25, 2020

Mercedes Schlapp slams Sanders, says Castro regime imprisoned her father due to his political beliefs

Mercedes Schlapp, a senior adviser to President Trump's reelection campaign, fired back at Sen. Bernie Sanders' recent comments defending Cuban dictator Fidel Castro Tuesday, telling the story of her father's imprisonment by the Havana regime.

February 25, 2020

Joe Scarborough mocks Sanders' defense of Castro: 'Like saying Mussolini had the trains running'

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough blasted Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Tuesday, likening his defense of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro to praise for Italy's Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

February 25, 2020

Meghan McCain tries to shut down Behar as she defends Cuba’s literacy program: 'Lets not'

"The View" co-hosts unanimously panned Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Tuesday but co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg differed over just how bad the senator's comments were about Cuba.

February 24, 2020

Sanders doubles down on his Fidel Castro praise amid criticism: 'Teaching people to read and write is a good thing'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., doubled down on his remarks praising former Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro during a televised town hall on Monday night after he raised eyebrows for complimenting the brutal leader's education reforms. 

February 24, 2020

Gutfeld on Bernie Sanders' Cuba gaffe

As Bernie storms toward the Democratic nomination, remember history — the good and the bad — and remember which side Bernie chose.

February 23, 2020

Bernie Sanders defends Fidel Castro's socialist Cuba: 'Unfair to simply say everything is bad'

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the frontrunner for the Democrats' presidential nomination, doubled down on his support for some of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's policies, saying in an interview that aired Sunday, "it's unfair to simply say everything is bad." 

February 21, 2020

The world's remaining communist countries, and how they're faring economically

Communism is the political and economic doctrine that abolishes private ownership in favor of the state controlling the means of production in an effort to create economic equality and the abolishment of the exploitation of workers. For decades, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in the Cold War as both sought economic and military superiority.