Alan Gross, an American who was detained in Cuba for 5 years, is accusing Bernie Sanders of saying he didn't understand why others criticized Cuba when the senator visited Gross behind bars in 2014.
Alan Gross makes a statement after arriving back in the United States on Dec. 17, 2014. A U.S. Agency for International Development subcontractor, Gross was imprisoned in Cuba for five years on espionage charges. He told NPR that Sen. Bernie Sanders visited him in detention and remarked that he didn't understand why others criticized Cuba.Alan Gross makes a statement after arriving back in the United States on Dec. 17, 2014. A U.S.
Sanders has long faced criticism for remarks he has made about autocratic governments, most recently in anDuring the interview, Sanders gave qualified praise to deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro, citing the country's high literacy rate. Gross, who now says he opposes Sanders' campaign for president, was arrested in December 2009 after completing a U.S. Agency for International Development subcontract. He was in Cuba working to expand Internet access to the country's small Jewish community, beyond the restrictive Internet regulations set by the Castro government.
The Obama administration and Gross' advocates said he was wrongfully convicted. He was ultimately released by Cuba in exchange for the U.S. government releasing three Cubans convicted of spying.Gross said Heitkamp and Tester brought him a big bag of peanut M&M's, a memory that Gross remains fond of today because of his undernourishment at the time. Sanders brought an issue ofmagazine.
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