When Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura visited Cuba on a trade mission in 2002 I was not pleased. Jesse allegedly traveled to Havana to explore opportunities to open the Cuban markets for Minnesota products, particularly agriculture. Since Cuba is essentially broke I was skeptical about the trade prospects and criticized Ventura for meeting with Castro.
Now Republican Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman is in Cuba to explore future trade possibilities and meet with human rights activists. While I do give Coleman credit for making human rights part of his visit I still don't like the whole idea of the trip. At least he's probably not going to ask Castro about the Kennedy assassination, something that Ventura proudly reported doing on his visit.
No comments:
Post a Comment