Havana gives front-page coverage to Bernie Sanders for praising Fidel Castro

[Skya Rhen]

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders views on the Cuban revolution have earned him a storm of criticism in the U.S. But there’s one place where his comments have received glowing, front-page reviews: Cuba.

Granma, the Communist Party newspaper, prominently displayed a report about Sanders and his praise of “some of the social programs implemented by the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro.”

“U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, today one of the strongest candidates for the nomination of the Democratic Party to the November presidential elections, recognized Cuba’s role in sending doctors worldwide,” Granma said.

Granma and several state media outlets reported the comments made by Sanders in an interview with Anderson Cooper for “60 minutes” on Sunday, in which the senator said it was “unfair” to say that “everything is bad” in Cuba, and praised the literacy campaign implemented by Fidel Castro shortly after he rose to power in 1959.

Castro died in late 2016. His brother Raúl currently leads the Communist Party.
But in another example of how the Communist Party censors state media, all outlets left out the senator’s reference on “60 Minutes” to “the authoritarian nature of Cuba.”

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article240626672.html

[Gothmog]

1. Two things happened today

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[Cha]

6. I'm with Biden!

[NurseJackie]

7. And he voted against Russian sanctions (and skipped the final vote).

That just not the kind of man that I want to vote for.

[Mike Nelson]

2. With their focus on literacy...

... I'm sure a lot of people can read the propaganda garbage.

[oldsoftie]

3. HA!

[Ron Green]

4. We have ancianita's excellent OP on Cuba...

and then we have THIS thread.

[stonecutter357]

5. WOW !

[Gothmog]

8. This makes me smile

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