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5. Sanders Has a Soft Spot for Latin American Strongmen

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 08:12 PM

Feb 2019

This isn’t the first time Sanders has chosen to tiptoe around Latin America’s despotic leftist regimes. In the ’80s, Sanders traveled to Nicaragua. Upon his return, he repeatedly defended the Sandinistas and their leader, Daniel Ortega. (Michael Moynihan offers an excellent overview of Sanders and Nicaragua here.) Sanders’ enthusiasm for both Ortega and the Castro regime in Cuba came back to haunt him during the 2016 presidential campaign. Three years ago, during a primary debate against Hillary Clinton hosted by Univision and the Washington Post in Miami, Sanders was shown a video shot in 1985 while he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in which he spoke about Nicaragua and enthusiastically described how Fidel Castro had “totally transformed” Cuban society, providing education and health care. After Univision anchor María Elena Salinas followed up, Sanders acknowledged Cuba as an “authoritarian, undemocratic country” but then proceeded to praise the Castro regime, again, for its “advances in health care”

Sanders Has a Soft Spot for Latin American Strongmen

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'He is not going to be the nominee': Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance [View all] Jose Garcia Feb 2019 OP

Maduro is a dictator. CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #1

SMH Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 #2

I've always said that Sanders is just misguided. But one has to wonder if he's more than that. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #3

I don't know that it's bad to disagree with Trump. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #4

Sorry but that is just partisan thinking. Trumpocalypse Feb 2019 #8

+1 Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #27

Sanders Has a Soft Spot for Latin American Strongmen LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #5

Bernie likes left-wing strongmen as much as Trump likes right-wing ones. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #11

Bernie was right about the fact that Castro transformed the country rusty fender Feb 2019 #24

Interesting, since San Juan Mayor is co-chair of his campaign. vsrazdem Feb 2019 #6

San Juan is in Puerto Rico, not Venezuela Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #15

What was the point of that! I am stating that San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor does not have a problem vsrazdem Feb 2019 #16

It will be hard to be the nominee without doing well in Florida Gothmog Feb 2019 #7

Okay, that does it...Bernie's campaign is officially over!! That sure didn't last long!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #9

+1! Devil Child Feb 2019 #12

Yup, no more fuckin' unnecessary wars!! That's why Bernie is such a wise politician InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #13

For someone who's anti-war, namahage Feb 2019 #17

Should we reserve the title "dictator" for people like Bashir al Assad? CrossingTheRubicon Feb 2019 #29

Call Assad whatever you want, it's a mostly free country last I checked Devil Child Feb 2019 #30

Maduro has destroyed Venezuela. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #10

Didn't Trump declare at a meeting right after the election that he wanted Venezuela's oil? Karadeniz Feb 2019 #14

The US already buys most of Venezuela's oil Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #19

Oh FFS, I don't think anything you wrote is true. You might want to apply for a job doing PR for okaawhatever Feb 2019 #23

The US refines the vast majority of Venezuelan oil. joshcryer Feb 2019 #25

He called for no coup and fair elections. dogman Feb 2019 #18

So he is admitted the the last election wasn't fair? Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #21

What claims do Floridians have? dogman Feb 2019 #22

And we've admitted we want their oil. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #26

Is this a litmus test? Politicub Feb 2019 #20

+1! n/t Devil Child Feb 2019 #28

They are rignt. He is not going to be the nominee lunamagica Feb 2019 #31