Trump praises Cuban dissident group the Ladies in White

Trump praises Cuban dissident group the Ladies in White
Published October 26, 2016 EFE

MIAMI – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday at a
Miami meeting with anti-Castro Cuban-Americans praised the Ladies in
White dissident group and accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of
"closing her eyes" to human rights violations on the communist island.

He acknowledged the Cuban resistance and the Ladies in White, whom he
said were mothers, daughters and wives who are subjected to physical and
verbal abuse by Cuban government mobs on his visit to Brigade 2506 in
Little Havana.

The magnate met at the museum and library of the Veterans Association
for the Bay of Pigs invasion - known as Brigade 2506 - with anti-Castro
exiles who participated in the failed 1961 attempt to wrest Cuba from
the communists.

The survivors of that CIA-planned operation recently endorsed Trump, the
first time in 55 years that Brigade 2506 has expressed its support for a
U.S. presidential candidate.

At the gathering, attended by about 80 people, the mogul called the
Cuban brigade members "heroes" who were committed to the defense of the
values of "law and justice."

Trump fired a broadside at Clinton for "closing her eyes" to human
rights violations on the island and sharply criticized President Barack
Obama for restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba, although he has not
provided the details of any plan of his own for dealing with Havana.

Brigade 2506 president Humberto Diaz-Argüelles told EFE that his backing
for Trump is based on the lack of attention paid to his organization by
Obama.

"In my 50 years ... in the United States, the presidential candidates
have always come to see us to know our opinions (on the Cuban issue),"
adding that "Obama has never showed up" in Miami and "established
relations with Cuba in exchange for nothing."

Jorge Garcia Rubio, former vice president of the organization, told EFE
that the brigade's support for Trump is based on his "conservative
(profile), of a businessman who has triumphed and is going to eliminate
corruption and political maneuvering."

Trump is on a three-day marathon campaign run through Florida, with its
29 electoral votes, a key state in any candidate's calculations for how
to win the presidency.

An average of recent voter polls, however, shows Clinton with a
3.8-percentage-point lead over the billionaire in Florida, according to
RealClearPolitics.

Source: Trump praises Cuban dissident group the Ladies in White | Fox
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