Barry's buddies (7 members of the Congressional Black Caucus ) decided to fly down for a visit with the Castro brothers in Cuba.
Unfortunately, the U.S. lawmakers' hearts did not make the trip to plea for the 300+ Cuban prisoners of conscience listed by Amnesty International or the hundreds of dissidents working from their homes under the watch of a totalitarian regime. Or the lack of civil rights in a country with a majority black and mixed-race population ruled by an overwhelmingly white gerontocracy.
Instead, the Seven showed their compassion for the ''Five Heroes'' - the Cuban government's spies captured in Miami, including one sentenced for conspiracy for murder.
The shear audacity of our congressmen to "make nice" with such a regime is incomprehensible. Even more absurd is that the Seven are worried about human rights for enemies, but not for the true prisoners of this dictatorship.
Unfortunately, the U.S. lawmakers' hearts did not make the trip to plea for the 300+ Cuban prisoners of conscience listed by Amnesty International or the hundreds of dissidents working from their homes under the watch of a totalitarian regime. Or the lack of civil rights in a country with a majority black and mixed-race population ruled by an overwhelmingly white gerontocracy.
Instead, the Seven showed their compassion for the ''Five Heroes'' - the Cuban government's spies captured in Miami, including one sentenced for conspiracy for murder.
The shear audacity of our congressmen to "make nice" with such a regime is incomprehensible. Even more absurd is that the Seven are worried about human rights for enemies, but not for the true prisoners of this dictatorship.
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