by Frances Martel, Breitbart:
Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) revealed on Monday that they had briefly visited Cuba over the Easter holiday and met with figurehead “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel, saying they support greater engagement with the repressive Communist Party.
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The lawmakers’ visit follows a flashy tour of Havana by a contingent of celebrities and international Marxist agitators known as the “Nuestra America” convoy which brought personalities such as British Labor parliament member Jeremy Corbyn, leftist video game streamer Hasan Piker, and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)’s daughter Isra Hirsi to Cuba. The convoy members produced online propaganda defending the Castro regime, blaming the longstanding poverty and suffering on the island on President Donald Trump. In reality, Cuba has endured torturous communist repression for 67 years as a result of the Castro family hoarding the nation’s wealth, leaving millions in the country to struggle.
International leftists have increased their advocacy for the Castro regime this year following the American arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on January 3. Maduro, one of the regime’s closest allies, had for years helped sustain the Communist Party’s tourism and profit apparatus with lavish oil subsidies which disappeared following his arrest and extradition to New York. The lack of free Venezuelan oil prompted the Cuban regime to warn the world it has no jet fuel — substantially cutting off tourism profit for the Castro family — and has exacerbated blackouts in the country, as the wealthy no longer have gasoline to run their personal generators when the power grid routinely fails.
