evidence: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders warmly praised Cuba and the Soviet Union in the late 1980s after visiting each, dismissing "horrors" in Cuba as right-wing propaganda and praising Soviet infrastructure even as dictatorship prevailed and the country was on the verge of collapse. [...] The documents reveal that Sanders, who calls himself a socialist, evinced enthusiasm for the two communist regimes. [...] In notes attached to a draft of the remarks, Sanders highlighted what he perceives as strengths of the Cuban regime, which includes their system of "democracy," as well as state-provided housing and healthcare.