It is news to me that Congressmen can legally meet with Fidel Castro, in Cuba none-the-less, but not surprising that they would.  The amount of praise they heap on Castro, and the terms they use to describe him however are alarming.  It reminds me of the Red Cross after they met with Jews in Teresenstadt during WW2 and then filed reports about how well they were being treated by the Nazis.  In his book, “The Case For Democracy”, Natan Sharansky describes this same phenomenon regarding the Western left, and their descriptions of Communism after meeting with State controlled handlers in The Soviet Union.

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Key members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling for an end to U.S. prohibition on travel to Cuba, just hours after a meeting with former Cuban president Fidel Castro in Havana.
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[CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Ca.)] and others heaped praise on Castro, calling him warm and receptive during their discussion. But the lawmakers disputed Castro’s later statement that members of the congressional delegation said American society is still racist.

“It was quite a moment to behold,” Lee said, recalling her moments with Castro.

“It was almost like listening to an old friend,” said Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Il.), adding that he found Castro’s home to be modest and Castro’s wife to be particularly hospitable.

“In my household I told Castro he is known as the ultimate survivor,” Rush said.

Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Ca.) said Castro was receptive to President Obama’s message of turning the page in American foreign policy.

“He listened. He said the exact same thing” about turning the page “as President Obama said,” said Richardson.

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In a statement following the meeting today, Castro said that the delegation had expressed to him that a segment of American society “continues to be racist,” and is at least partly to blame for the travel restrictions.

But the delegation this evening said those remarks were not expressed in the meeting.

“That did not happen,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), told reporters.
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I guess that when you are born and raised in the most open and free Country in the world, you cannot fully understand how deep a totalitarian Government can go, and how much control they can have over their message.

I wonder if they asked Mr. Castro about this quote of his “The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.” –Fidel Castro

Viva La Revolucion!