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Rep. Diaz-Balart Responds to The Bahamas' Shocking Decision to Repatriate Twenty-Four Cuban Refugees to Totalitarian Cuba

August 16, 2013

Press Release

MIAMI, FL -Rep. Diaz-Balart issued the following statement in response to The Bahamas' shocking decision to repatriate twenty-four Cuban refugees to totalitarian Cuba.

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Diaz-Balart Responds to Reports About Possible Deportation of Cuban Asylees in the Bahamas

August 16, 2013

Press Release

Rep. Diaz-Balart responds to reports that Cuban refugees in Bahamian custody will be returned to totalitarian Cuba despite Panama's offer to accept some on humanitarian grounds.

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Díaz-Balart responde a posible deportación de asilados cubanos en las Bahamas

August 16, 2013

Press Release

El Congresista Mario Díaz-Balart responde a indicaciones de que los cubanos asilados en custodia de las Bahamas serán devueltos a Cuba a pesar de la oferta de Panamá de dar asilo a algunos de ellos por motivos humanitarios.

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

August 13, 2013

Press Release

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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