Foreign Affairs

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after recent press reports that the United States sent a Center for Disease Control (CDC) official to an ALBA (Aliazna Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) meeting in Havana, where the CDC official condoned the Cuban regime’s use of doctors in West Africa.

Congressman Diaz-Balart and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen released the following statements after the Department of Homeland Security took several steps to help Haitians, Hondurans, and Nicaraguans. Temporary Protected Status was extended through July 5, 2016 to eligible Nicaraguan and Honduran nationals. DHS also announced the implementation of a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, to begin in early 2015.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Venezuela was elected to the United Nations Security Council.

WASHINGTON —Congressman Diaz-Balart received the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. The award was presented by Mr. Zsolt Németh, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hungarian Parliament. It is the highest award given by Hungary to non-Hungarians.

WASHINGTON —Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to recent aggression by China against peaceful protesters in Hong Kong.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after reports that the Castro regime has been paid over a billion dollars from the Brazilian government in exchange for trafficking medical doctors.

Congressman Diaz-Balart and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen sent a letter to Mexican Ambassador to the United States Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza, urging the government of Mexico not to repatriate 13 Cuban nationals who were intercepted at sea while fleeing the Castros’ repression.