Foreign Affairs

Congressman Diaz-Balart today hosted a roundtable with leaders of the Hispanic Community in South Florida to discuss local issues affecting the community in the U.S. and current political developments in Latin America.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) hosted a roundtable with leaders of the Southern Florida Haitian Community today to discuss U.S. relations with Haiti, Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals in the U.S. and aid for the Haitian people.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) congratulated the Peruvian Community on its Independence Day.

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement on the 199th anniversary of Colombia’s independence from Spain.

Today Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Lincoln Diaz-Balart co-sponsored a resolution supporting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian Nationals currently living in the U.S. H.Con.Res.144 was introduced by Congressman Alcee L. Hastings of Florida.

This week the Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus was re-introduced in the House of Representatives with a kick-off reception honoring Congressman Xavier Becerra and Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño, who served as inaugural co-chairs of the Caucus last Congress.

Tomorrow the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) will host its 3rd annual Future Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference including Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who serves as Chairman of CHLI, will participate in the event and offer remarks.

U.S. Congressman Diaz-Balart joined a bipartisan Congressional Delegation trip to Haiti today led by Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) and with his colleagues Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).