From AFP:
"Yes, they granted it (the visa) and pretty quickly," said the spokesman for the National Center for Sexual Education, which Mariela Castro (Raul's daughter) heads.
According to Spain's El Pais newspaper, Castro's two security thugs have also gotten U.S. visas to accompany her during the visit.
They were exempted by the State Department as well.
So while decent pro-American visitors throughout the world have to go through pain-stacking measures to enter the U.S., senior officials from one of the cruelest family dictatorships in the world are quickly welcomed with open arms.
Message to the world: It pays off to defend repression.
