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To: Land Shark who wrote (984303)	11/28/2016 10:27:04 AM
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Sociopath? Where did you get your degree? They owe you a refund....

To: Land Shark who wrote (984303)	11/28/2016 10:31:32 AM
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What a collection of excellent goals and nonsense - looking forward to the Trump transformation - hold on skippy it's gonna be a fun time.

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11/28/2016 11:53:52 AM

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O Canada: Trudeau's Castro tribute raises eyebrows

By Madison Park, CNN

Updated 9:25 PM ET, Sun November 27, 2016

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(CNN)Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tribute complimenting Fidel Castro as "remarkable" and a "larger than life leader who served his people" drew criticism and derision.

Commentators viewed Trudeau's statement as gushing and tone-deaf -- one that ignored the Cuban leader's human rights abuses and record of political oppression. It inspired parody tributes with the hashtag #TrudeauEulogies.

In his statement, Trudeau expressed "deep sorrow" after learning of "the death of Cuba's longest serving president."
"Fidel Castro was a larger than life leader who served his people for almost half a century. A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation."

<img alt="Fidel Castro greets Justin Trudeau at the former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau&amp;#39;s state funeral on October 3, 2000." class="media__image" src="http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/161126114216-justin-trudeau-fidel-castro-pierre-trudeau-funeral-large-169.jpg">

Fidel Castro greets Justin Trudeau at the former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's state funeral on October 3, 2000.

"While a controversial figure, both Mr. Castro's supporters and detractors recognized his tremendous dedication and love for the Cuban people who had a deep and lasting affection for 'el Comandante'."

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Cuba's relationship with Canada is friendlier than the one it shares with the United States. As the Embassy of Canada to Cuba says on its website, "Canada-Cuba relations can be traced back to the 18th century, when vessels from the Atlantic provinces of Canada traded codfish and beer for rum and sugar."
Canada and Cuba have maintained uninterrupted diplomatic relations ties since 1945. Canada is Cuba's largest source of tourists; Canadians visit Cuba like Americans visit Mexico. The two countries are trade partners and they engage in educational and cultural exchanges.
Trudeau added that his late father, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau "was very proud to call him a friend." Castro had been an honorary pallbearer at his father's funeral.
The statement concluded: "We join the people of Cuba today in mourning the loss of this remarkable leader."
The prime minister's statement had Sen. Marco Rubio asking: Is this real?
"If this is a real statement from the PM of Canada it is shameful & embarrassing," he tweeted.

US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who fled Cuba with her family when she was 8 and became the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, was not impressed with Trudeau either.
"I've been reading his sickening love letter to dead Fidel Castro and I'm thinking, 'Sure, you did not lose a loved one to an execution squad. You did not lose a loved one to the gulags in Cuba,' " Ros-Lehtinen said.

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"The only thing that Fidel has been successful in, has not been health nor education, or human rights or democracy, it's been holding onto power -- which is easy to do when you don't have elections," she said.
Sen. Ted Cruz, whose father was born and raised in Cuba, called Trudeau's tribute "disgraceful."