Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.
This resolution (1) condemns specified comments by Senator Sanders with respect to Cuba; (2) rejects claims that health care, literacy, and education improved under Fidel Castro; and (3) calls for the respect of all basic human rights for the Cuban people, with whom the House of Representatives stands in solidarity.
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Caribbean areaCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCubaDetention of personsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsLatin AmericaMembers of CongressPolitical movements and philosophiesProtest and dissentSenateSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusVermont
Condemning the comments of Senator and Democratic Socialist Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (I-VT), disregarding the history of systemic human rights abuses, forced indoctrination, and authoritarian actions of the literacy and education policies of the Communist Castro dictatorship in Cuba.
USA116th CongressHRES-868| House
| Updated: 2/27/2020
This resolution (1) condemns specified comments by Senator Sanders with respect to Cuba; (2) rejects claims that health care, literacy, and education improved under Fidel Castro; and (3) calls for the respect of all basic human rights for the Cuban people, with whom the House of Representatives stands in solidarity.
Caribbean areaCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCubaDetention of personsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsLatin AmericaMembers of CongressPolitical movements and philosophiesProtest and dissentSenateSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusVermont