Rafael Cruz Remembers Life in Cuba

American Thinker ^ | December 1, 2016 | Bob Weir

[Kaslin]

To shed some light on the death of Fidel Castro, I did an interview with Senator Ted Cruz's father Rafael, who lived under the oppressive regime of the Cuban dictator.

Have you ever had experiences in which you felt as though your government was taking unfair advantage of you, and it seemed as though you had no power to do anything about it? Have you written your congressman, senator, or county commissioner several times and only received form-letter responses? I suppose that everyone has felt that way from time to time. On the other hand, after you've finished complaining, did you ever feel that your life was threatened? If not, you've never lived under a dictatorship.

As Americans, we take freedom for granted because we've always had it. That's why it's important for us to hear from those who have lived in places where freedom doesn't exist.

"I was 17 years old when I spoke out publicly against the corrupt regime of Fulgencio Batista," said Rafael Cruz, who was born in Cuba. As a result of his opposition to the brutal tactics being used against his people, he became a recipient of that brutality. Rafael was arrested, thrown in a cell, and repeatedly beaten by prison guards. "Every four hours, they'd come back in my cell to beat me again," he said. "The pain became so unbearable that I lost feeling in my arms and legs," he added reflectively. About a year later, with the help of his parents, he was able to flee the autocratic island and he found his way to Austin, Texas. Fearing that he might be robbed before he got away, his mother had sewn $100 into his underwear to give him a start in his new country.

[uncitizen]

a jfk researcher, Ralph Cinque, looked into the Rafael story somewhat and he noticed that over the years in photographs, including family photos, Rafael has had various amounts of facial hair and unusually large almost disguise-like glasses. like he was worried about being recognized.

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

No worries. Those photos are stills from the 1963 surveillance film uploaded to a YouTube early 2013. By November 2013, the speculation about Cruz had begun. Here’s a well researched article on the subject.

http://www.flagpole.com/news/news-features/2016/05/11/lee-harvey-oswald-and-ted-cruz-s-father

[T-Bone Texan]

That’s quite a coincidence, or something.

they traveled in similar circles, maybe?

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Sympathy For The Devil by Rolling Stones: ... Who killed the Kennedys? When after all, It was you and me.... The Stones had it right, if you define ‘you and me’ as us-> our very own governmental alphabet agencies.

Paraphrased from the article:

All claims that tie with Oswald with Cruz that suggest that Rafael might have been involved in the assassination assume that Oswald was the assassin. This assumption is quite wrong.

The preponderant consensus of JFK assassination researchers is that Oswald probably did not assassinate JFK; that he was likely the victim of a frame-up; evidence purporting to indicate he was the assassin is untrustworthy or misleading - manufactured, planted, or arranged so as to falsely inculpate an innocent man who was suspiciously murdered within hours of his arrest.