Ted Cruz says that his father fought against Batista.

[Perseus]

15. You are correct Alicibiades

At least from what I know from that part of Cuba's history.

Fidel Castro fooled everyone, he even came to the USA and had TV appereances. I am not defending Cruz either, it would be difficult to prove/disprove that story about his father, the fact that the guy is a liar is not enough, but a lot of people were fooled by Castro, and the same strategy, which was masterminded by Castro was used in Venezuela with Hugo Chavez who was a Castro puppet.

If you look at Ecuador, you will find that like in Cuba as well as in Venezuela 16 years ago, the same strategy has been used to slowly set up what is called a "Silent Dictatorship".

If you want a flavour of the rhetoric read about Pablo Iglesias who is running for the presidency in Spain, he lived in Venezuela and was coached by the Chavez regime for over two years. It is the same strategy, they say what the people want to hear, they come down to the level of the lower classes, it is a populist theme which never materializes.