While Democrats are besides themselves with delight at Obama’s trip to Cuba, some Cubans are having a very different, very negative reaction.
One such person is Maria Conchita Alonso, the Grammy-nominated actress and singer. Despite the staunchly liberal reputations of both Hollywood and the Latino community, Alonso had little good to say about the president’s visit to the communist Caribbean island.
Speaking briefly with TMZ, Alonso said she didn’t think Obama should have gone to Cuba because it essentially “legal[ized] a regime that has been torturing Cubans and that has not been respecting [human rights].” She added that Raul Castro and his brother Fidel respected neither human rights nor dignity, denying their citizens the opportunity to be “[themselves], to grow.”
These are strong words coming from not just somebody, but somebody for whom Obama’s trip has even bigger repercussions for than most Americans. Sadly, Alonso’s remarks will likely be dismissed as illegitimate or hateful by the mainstream media.
Watch Alonso criticize Obama’s Cuba trip on the next page:
A refugee who originally fled Cuba after the communists took power for Venezuela, Alonso watched that nation tread a similar path under Hugo Chavez from the safety of her new home in the US. Having had the opportunity to see not one but two socialist regimes rise, it is no surprise that Alonso is doubtful about the chances of Cuba and the Castros changing:
“Alonso, who was born in Cuba and raised in Venezuela before immigrating to the United States, has been a vocal critic of the communist dictatorships she grew up under. In 2011, the singer called actor Sean Penn a ‘communist a—hole’ for his enthusiastic support of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez after the pair bumped into each other at LAX. The singer later wrote an open letter to Penn, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
‘Being born in Cuba, a country where freedom of speech is nonexistent, it’s startling to observe how Venezuela, where I was happily raised, is fast becoming Cuba’s mirror image: Dismantling of fundamental democratic rights deserved by its people and citizens of the world,’ Alonso wrote.
In 2014, the singer-actress rallied outside the White House with dozens of other demonstrators to urge the U.S. to impose harsh sanctions on the Venezuelan government.”
See the video for yourself below:
Source: Breitbart
Treason for obumba. Treason.Take back our country.
You are right!!
The “commander in chief” doesn’t even understand his duties
Cuba won’t go for that Muslim c**p
‘Like America’? I’m sure you meant HATE America!
B.S.!! I for one will take what Obama is leaving over that left by Bush/Cheney and the rest of the republican Party anyway of the week!! the G.O.P.Leadership of Congress sets today with a 9% Public Approval Rating for creating the LEAST EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION!! Today the Presidents Approval rating went up to 53%,He has everything up except the Failing grade of the G.O.P. after all they run the Nation and make the laws not the President!!
You my friend hit the nail on the head. I agree with you wholeheartedly 100 %.
James W. Kilburn That is your right Mr. Kilburn; but I will never accept what this man has done to ruin our nation! Those of you who lean liberal love him; I am a conservative Independent Voter and will consider him a danger to our nation! As for your quoted percentages; that all depends on who you listen to, and you should know that!
“She clearly doesn’t know what she’s talking about!”-the ignorant left
Obuma is not legitimit, so he can’t legitimize anything.