Cuba

Congressman Diaz-Balart commends Governor Romney's stance against visas that were provided to state-sponsored terrorism officials.

Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton expressing outrage that the Obama Administration provided entry visas to high-level Cuban Communist Party operatives Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Eusebio Leal, and Mariela Castro Espin, while the regime continues to imprison American aid worker Alan Gross.

Rep. Diaz-Balart offered the following statement for the Congressional Record, commemorating the life of political activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a prominent figure in the fight for democracy on the island of Cuba:

Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera issued a joint statement expressing grave concern for Cuban protester Andres Carrion Alvarez, and calling on human rights groups to demand the release of all political prisoners in Cuba.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement commending the Florida House Legislature for passing HB 959 (companion to SB 1144), State and Local Government Relations with Cuba or Syria bill.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to the plans by Galway’s City Council to erect a memorial to mass murderer Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Galway, Ireland.

Los Congresistas Díaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, y Rivera hicieron las siguientes declaraciones conmemorando el segundo aniversario de la muerte de un héroe Cubano, Orlando Zapata Tamayo que dio la vida por la libertad de Cuba.

Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera released the following statements recognizing the two-year anniversary of the death of pro-democracy hero, Orlando Zapata Tamayo.