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Originally Posted by Jaxian | I think Jimmy Carter, Harry Belafonte, and Danny Glover are liberals or am I mistaken. Have a read: http://tinyurl.com/qqdbn
Fidel's social circle may have narrowed in part for the way he returns favors. Jimmy Carter is surely still smarting from the way Fidel allowed him to visit the island and praise its economic and political liberalization, only to follow up by outlawing the very reform movement Mr. Carter praised. Fidel subsequently rounded up dozens of dissidents, most of whom still remain in prison. That crackdown cost Castro some political capital abroad, including a brief protest from the European Union. But a year after Mr. Carter's visit, 160 self-described artists and intellectuals renewed their support for the island dictator in an open letter. The signatories included four Nobel Prize winners along with actors Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte. |