Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Useful Idiots Visit Cuba

Communism has impoverished the island. American leftists only care now because they can
blame Trump.

Editorial Board, The Washington Post, March 24, 2026 - Leftists from around the world descended on Cuba over the weekend for a “humanitarian” trip aimed at protesting the United States’ oil blockade, and they played the role of useful idiots perfectly. Nothing says solidarity like going to an impoverished country and staying at a five-star hotel.

Hundreds of delegates from dozens of countries brought several tons of food, medicine and other supplies to the island, which is struggling through an energy crisis.

The best way to help the Cuban people, of course, would be to free them from a dictatorship that has failed to meet their needs for more than half a century. Yet the roster of attendees was more interested in bashing America. ....

The reality is that the U.S. has not hurt Cuba nearly as much as the communist dictatorship has. State Department rules “generally prohibit persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction” from staying at properties owned or controlled by the Cuban government or its officials. And for good reason: Cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism that squelches political dissent.

More than a million Cubans have fled since 2021 .... (read more)

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