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August 13, 2013
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
August 13, 2013
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
August 9, 2013
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
August 9, 2013
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
April 18, 2013
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after introducing a House Resolution recognizing the Falkland Islands referendum.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 16, 2013
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 8, 2013
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement following the passing of Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom’s first female Prime Minister.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 5, 2013
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement following the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of both Nicaragua and Honduras for an additional 18 months.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
April 5, 2013
El Congresista Díaz-Balart emitió la siguiente declaración en cuanto a la extensión del TPS para los nicaragüenses y hondureños en EE.UU.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
March 26, 2013
Congressman Diaz-Balart sent an urgent letter to the Chargé d’Affaires of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights asking that Cuban refugees within its custody not be forcibly returned to Cuba.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs