Rep Schiff: "Authoritarians . . . come to power on the backs of men like Kevin McCarthy"

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13. But, to be fair, also due to pressure from RW Cuban exiles - who control U.S. Lat Am policy, sadly

Not content with writing U.S. policy toward Cuba (it is their country after all), they've pretty much designated themselves the gatekeepers of what's "democratic" and what's not for the entire region.

And while there are many exceptions among them, some of these people are about the most racist, elitist, corrupt, and profoundly un-democratic you may ever meet.

It goes without saying, that they couldn't care less about what is or isn't in the best interest of the U.S.

It's all about revenge (inflicting on other Latin countries what they felt they couldn't inflict in Cuba), and of course power and ego.