Sanders in 1985 Praising Fidel Castro as an Innovator in Health Care and Education

‘They forgot that he educated their kids, gave their kids health care, totally transformed society’

"Way back in -- what was it, 1961, they invaded Cuba. And everybody was totally convinced that Castro was the worst guy in the world, that all the Cuban people are going to rise up a rebellion against Fidel Castro. They forgot that he has educated kids, gave them the healthcare, totally transformed the society. You know, not to say that Fidel Castro or Cuba are perfect. They are certainly not. But just because Ronald Reagan dislikes these people, doesn't mean that [indecipherable] the same way. So they expected this tremendous uprising in Cuba. It never came. And if they are expecting  a tremendous uprising in  Nicaragua --"

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