Cuba

Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement on the Cuban regime's intent to seek a 20-year prison sentence for U.S. contractor Alan Gross.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will participate in the 2011 Jose Marti Parade in the City of Hialeah.

Congressman Diaz-Balart appalled by the Obama Administration's decision to ease sanctions regarding travel and remittance to Cuba.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will host a Special Orders Hour on the Floor of the House to bring attention the unjust death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, the recent hunger strikes by political prisoners, the deplorable conditions in Castro’s jails and the human rights violations in Cuba.

Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, along with her colleagues Reps. Diaz-Balart, Diaz-Balart, Meek, Wasserman-Schultz, Mack, Sires and others introduced a Resolution yesterday (Thursday) in the House that recognizes the life of Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo and calls for a renewed focus on the deplorable human rights situation of the Castro dictatorship.

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement upon learning about the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in Cuba.

Los CongresistasLincoln Diaz-Balart y Mario Diaz-Balart viajarán a Honduras en American Airlines el lunes, 5 de octubre de 2009 a las 10:30 a.m. regresando a Miami en Aerolíneas TACA el martes, 6 de octubre de 2009 a la 1:30 p.m.

Esta semana, el Congresista Diaz-Balart participo en la gala anual de la Coalición Peruana Americana, conmemorando el XV aniversario de este grupo.