Cuba

Diaz-Balart responde a la oferta de Panamá con respecto a cubanos en las Bahamas

August 13, 2013

MIAMI, FL - El congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) emitió la siguiente declaración:

"Felicito al gobierno panameño por la generosa oferta de asilo que le hizo a diecinueve cubanos detenidos en las Bahamas. Algunos otros países, incluido EEUU, también ofrecieron asilo a cubanos. Estos individuos, que lo arriesgaron todo para escapar de totalitarismo, finalmente serán libres para comenzar una nueva vida.

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Diaz-Balart Responds to Panama’s Offer of Asylum for Cuban Refugees in The Bahamas

August 13, 2013

Press Release

MIAMI, FL — Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released the following statement:

"I commend the Panamanian government for graciously agreeing to provide asylum to nineteen Cuban refugees currently detained in The Bahamas. A few other governments, including our own, have also agreed to take some refugees. These individuals, who risked everything to escape totalitarianism, will finally be free to begin their lives anew.

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Diaz-Balart Calls for an End to the Brutality Against Cuban Activist Ivan Hernandez Carrillo

August 13, 2013

Press Release

Today, Rep. Diaz-Balart (R-FL) expressed profound concern for pro-democracy and independent labor activist Ivan Hernandez Carrillo and urged the international community to demand an end to the Castro regime's vicious attacks and death threats against him. Ivan is one of Cuba’s leading independent labor activists and one of the seventy-five imprisoned after Cuba's Black Spring of 2003

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Díaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen se reúnen con Antúnez e Yris Pérez Aguilera

August 9, 2013

Press Release

El Congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), la Congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) y el ex Congresista Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R-FL) se reunieron con Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) y su esposa, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera. Antúnez encabeza el Frente Nacional de Resistencia Cívica y Desobediencia Civil Orlando Zapata Tamayo y Pérez Aguilera el Movimiento Femenino por los Derechos Civiles Rosa Parks.

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Diaz-Balarts, Ros-Lehtinen Meet with Antúnez and Yris Pérez Aguilera

August 9, 2013

Press Release

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) met with Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) and his wife, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera. Antúnez leads the Orlando Zapata Tamayo Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience Front, and Pérez Aguilera heads the Rosa Parks Women’s Movement for Civil Rights.

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

MEDIA ADVISORY: Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen to Meet with Antúnez and Yris Pérez Aguilera

August 7, 2013

Press Release

On Friday, August 9th, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, will meet with Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) and his wife, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera.

Issues:Cuba

Diaz-Balart Responds to Explosives Found on North Korean Vessel Leaving Cuba

August 2, 2013

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after press reports indicate that Cuban explosives and other live munitions were found on the North Korean “Chong Chon Gang” vessel found to be smuggling weapons from Cuba last month.

Issues:Cuba

Diaz-Balart Commemorates Cuba’s Independence Day

May 20, 2013

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in honor of Cuba’s Independence Day.

Issues:Cuba

So-Called ‘People to People' Travel to Cuba Amounts to Tourism

April 9, 2013

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to the U.S. Treasury Department confirming that they provided so-called “people-to-people” travel licenses to Beyoncé Carter-Knowles (Beyoncé) and Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) for a recent trip to Cuba.

Issues:Cuba

Diaz-Balart Responds to Reports of Possible ‘Tourist' Travel by American Celebrities in Cuba

April 6, 2013

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to the recent trip taken by two U.S. celebrities to Cuba.

Issues:Cuba