Posted on 07/15/2021 11:56:40 AM PDT by george76
Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) introduced a resolution to support the Cuban people in their demands for freedom against “the brutal oppression of the Communist dictatorship in Cuba.”
Díaz-Balart — a Cuban-American — asked the international community to stand behind the recent protests against the island’s regime. Initial cosponsors for the House resolution include Steve Scalise (R-LA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Greg Steube (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), and Liz Cheney (R-WY).
According to Díaz-Balart’s statement:
For 62 years, the Cuban people have struggled for freedom and human rights under a brutal, repressive dictatorship. On this day, which also coincides with the anniversary of the Tugboat Massacre, we also remember the regime’s decades of malevolence, including the Brothers to the Rescue Shoot-Down, the firing squads, torture, arbitrary arrests, killings, human trafficking, those who fled in makeshift rafts through shark-infested waters, and the many activists who have suffered or perished for simply daring to speak against the regime. The Cuban people will be free, and they will remember those who stood with them.
Under the resolution — entitled “Expressing solidarity with the Cuban people in their demands for freedom and respect for basic human rights” — the House of Representatives:
Calls for the release of all political prisoners and for the end of acts of repression, arbitrary imprisonments, torture, and other human rights abuses against the Cuban people;
Honors the courageous Cuban people for daring to stand up to the Cuban regime and demanding respect for fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of expression and assembly;
Recognizes the brave pro-democracy and human rights activists, including independent journalists, artists, labor leaders, and religious leaders, who have been persecuted throughout decades of Communist tyranny; Urges other democracies, regional and multilateral organizations to affirm that violence against the unarmed people of Cuba will not be tolerated and that human rights abusers will be held accountable for their crimes;
Expresses solidarity with the long-suffering Cuban people in their demands for a genuine democratic transition; and
Calls on the international community to stand with those struggling for freedom in Cuba by condemning repression and expressing unequivocal support for their rights to self-governance, human rights, and basic liberties. Other Cuban-American lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to explicitly support the Cuban people in their protests against the regime.
In a Monday letter to President Biden, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote:
The Cuban dictatorship has rejected every effort that would allow the Cuban people to prosper, including your previous efforts as Vice President. Despite the Obama Administration’s efforts to engage with the regime, the dictatorship continues to restrict travel for political opponents, siphon off the salaries of Cubans employed at foreign firms and severely limit the economic freedom of its citizens to own property and start a business. The current protests in Cuba are not just about current economic shortages. They are about the longstanding and deliberate actions taken by the dictatorship to stymy the economic prosperity and political freedom of the Cuban people.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) — a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs — encouraged the ten Cuban-American members of Congress to “work with the Biden Administration to push for democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and rid the island nation of the dual currency and economic systems that have inhumanely suppressed the Cuban people, leading to poverty, starvation, and poor living conditions.”
The Democrats love them some Communists.
Looks like they’re gonna sell out Taiwan in their latest treachery.
Can we do something about those AMERICAN people still in solitary from Jan 6th first? Maybe a little more for those people who have lost everything from the virus lockdown? Maybe stop enabling illegals? Maybe check those voting numbers from November?...oh hell, I’ve nothing nice to say today.
I am still hoping the Cubans have their own “Ceausescu Moment”, featuring Raoul Castro, or the present head of state; Miguel Diaz Canel.
Cuban Regime’s Biggest Defenders in Congress Silent on Pro-Democracy Protests..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3975965/posts
That limp wrist, tho.
absolutely right. Makes it very very clear that the dems are communists, one and all. period.
Hunter BiXiden is NOT amused....
And all of the neighborhood snitches that make up the “Committee for the Defense of the Revolution”.
Cuba is still under Moscow’s thumb. I guess we know who’s really colluding with Russia!
Naturally the scumbag democrats have to support communism.
My plan: 1) Give them the oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Isn’t THAT strategic? Give it to them as needed so that grafting over-exuberence is impossible. We’ve never needed it.
2) Get this: Assemble(in Florida)all of the Ford Fiestas built in the U.S. that are languishing in our auto wrecking yards. They’re small, fuel efficient and will give Ford the upper hand over foreign cars + the teat-sucking GM’s out there. Include a repair manual in written in Spanish. In return we take their vintage cars and disperse them in museums here.
3)All that colonial architecture. Restore it fast. How? Every Spanish-speaking(gay) contractor moves there and offers the locals the highest wage($1/hr) they’ve ever seen. Gays, like all single men are mobile. The locals don’t have much of anything.
Lots more. Make Cuba a protectorate with Little Marco as their first elected President. It’s an offer they can’t refuse.
Send them Gloria(Estefan) to entertain them. She ain’t so hot anymore.
Putin is proud of his Democrats.
Meanwhile, American Democrats are demanding “the brutal oppression of the white supremacists in America.”
Cuba could be the big beneficiary of all that Trump offered the Rocket man. Do it all WITHOUT the permission of the State Department. If Cuba went all in for us they could ‘offer’ Cuban citizenship to these Americans with our promise that the next GOP president will pardon them for doing anything that was termed illegal. If they’re really ripe for a Ceausescu moment we should shout freedom from the rooftops so all the world could hear. All the world’s dictators will be $hitting in their pants and we’ll be creaming ours. Rub it in the nose of Venezuela and AOC. We’ll find out how many Tiananmen Squares there are out there.
On another thread the JFK assassination was brought up (again). And with yhe present dem congressional position, And considering the Kennedy admin position on Cuba, as to the whys and wherefore, there has been a very slight alteration to my hypothesis on the JFK assassination:
The possiblity of a Bay of pigs vendetta.
LHO was a sleeper.
Deep cover up
And the adjustment:
MARXISTS went crickets on Cuba this news cycle. Supporting the Castro brothers dictatorship with their silence.
JFK wasn’t a Democrat martyr afterall... JFK was in the way.
“That limp wrist, tho.”
Barry waved alot in photographs.
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