Dan Burton: “the suffering of the Cuban people is caused by Fidel Castro, and not by the embargo. The money that is paid to the…”

“the suffering of the Cuban people is caused by Fidel Castro, and not by the embargo. The money that is paid to the employees down there by businesses that go into Cuba does not go to the employees; it goes to Castro. If they are paid $400 a month, that $400 goes to Castro, and he pays them in the local currency, which is worth about $5 to $10 a month. He is the one who keeps his heel on the neck of the people of Cuba. He is the one that causes the suffering down there. He is the one that causes the human rights abuses, and he is the one that has killed that economy. Why does he want the embargo lifted? Because he knows if we have tourism going down there, he knows if there is trade with him, the money will go into his pocket; the money will be able to prop up his regime, and he will be able to continue his communist philosophy and dictatorship down there. Finally, just let me say one more thing. People say he is no longer exporting revolution. I will tell you right now, Fidel Castro is supporting the FARC guerrillas in Colombia that are flooding our streets with drugs, that are killing our kids and ruining people's lives. The FARC guerrillas wear the berets that Che Guevara wore when he was down there exporting revolution for Fidel Castro.”