{"id":142134,"date":"2020-02-26T00:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T00:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/florida-democratic-party-condemns-dictatorships-after-sanders-defends-castros-cuba\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T00:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T00:20:20","slug":"florida-democratic-party-condemns-dictatorships-after-sanders-defends-castros-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/florida-democratic-party-condemns-dictatorships-after-sanders-defends-castros-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democratic Party Condemns Dictatorships After Sanders Defends Castros Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Democrats on Feb. 24 condemned dictatorships in places such as Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, and shared their support for people fleeing tyrannical governments after 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that not everything \u201cwas bad\u201d about Cuba under the late Fidel Castros rule.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> published on the partys official website, Chairwoman Terrie Rizzo urged candidates to better understand the stories of immigrant communities and said Democrats \u201cstand in solidarity\u201d with those who have been forced to flee dictator-ruled countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida Democrats condemn dictators who toppled democracies across the globe and stand in solidarity with the thousands of people who have fled violent dictatorships in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua,\u201d Rizzo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandidates need to understand our immigrant communities shared stories, as well as provide solutions to issues that matter to all Floridians including access to affordable health care and rejecting a Trump economy that works only for the very rich,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

It comes after Sanders, in an interview aired on CBS News \u201c60 Minutes\u201d on Feb. 23, praised certain elements of Castros government.<\/p>\n

Castro imposed a totalitarian Soviet-style communist regime on the Caribbean nation in 1959 and killed thousands of political opponents in the decades that followed. He gave up power in 2011 to his brother, Raul, and died in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWere very opposed to the authoritarian nature of Cuba, but you know, its unfair to simply say everything is bad,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing? Even though Fidel Castro did it?\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments came in response to a question about previous remarks<\/a> he had made in the 1980s suggesting that the Cuban people didnt rise up to overthrow Castro because he had given them education and health care.<\/p>\n

Sanders, whose own father immigrated from what is now Poland in 1921, and who has emerged as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for 2020 after winning the Nevada caucus on Feb. 22, faced criticism from both Democrats and Republicans for his remarks.<\/p>\n

Former New York City Mayor and fellow Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg tweeted<\/a>, \u201cFidel Castro left a dark legacy of forced labor camps, religious repression, widespread poverty, firing squads, and the murder of thousands of his own people.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut sure, Bernie, lets talk about his literacy program,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Amid the overwhelming criticism regarding his comments, Sanders defended<\/a> his remarks during a televised town hall in South Carolina on Feb. 24, telling the audience that hes been \u201cextremely consistent and critical of all authoritarian regimes all over the world including Cuba, including Nicaragua, including Saudi Arabia, including China, including Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI happen to believe in democracy, not authoritarianism. China is an authoritarian country \u2026 but can anyone deny, I mean the facts are clear, that they have taken more people out of extreme poverty than any country in histRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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