2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The turning point in Bernie's campaign arrived this morning (it's not SC results or polls or votes) [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,370 posts)that the Sandanistas in the 1980s who overthrew Somoza had a MUCH better HR rights than the Salvadorans and Contras ever did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front I distinguish that movement from the horror that Daniel Ortega has become since, however.
Whatever its political and other abuses, Castro's Cuba managed to provide education and health care, among other things, that benefited its population and represented a 180-degree turn from the Batista dictatorship in many ways. http://thecubaneconomy.com/articles/2010/10/cuba%E2%80%99s-achievements-under-the-presidency-of-fidel-castro-the-top-ten/
While I am a Hillary Clinton supporter, I myself do not condemn Bernie's POVs on Nicaragua and Cuba. In fact, I shared them in many ways.
But I am not a typical American voter. Many WOULD hold those views against him.