Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, ‘I Don’t Know What’s So Wrong’ With Cuba

By Tim Mak

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

Alan Gross, an American who was detained in a Cuban prison for several years, tells NPR that Sen. Bernie Sanders visited him in detention and remarked he didn’t understand why others criticized Cuba.

(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Alan Gross, an American who was detained in a Cuban prison for several years, tells NPR that Sen. Bernie Sanders visited him in detention and remarked he didn’t understand why others criticized Cuba.

(Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Source: Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, ‘I Don’t Know What’s So Wrong’ With Cuba

    

Updated: March 4, 2020 at 10:06 am