Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) led a coalition of colleagues and human rights activists at a rally in Washington, DC on Thursday to mark the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, urging the White House to support the victims of communism. and socialism in Latin America.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cuban-American congressman, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Representative. Carlos Jiménez (R-FL) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Cuban exile community advocates expressed their dismay at President Joe Biden’s leftist policies in Latin America; This policy, some speakers noted, exacerbated national security threats in the Western Hemisphere by emboldening America’s enemies.
During his tenure, Biden chose not to actively prioritize Latin American relations or supporting American and pro-democracy movements in the region. Observers lamented Biden’s disdain for Latin American leaders in his first appeals to foreign heads of state since taking office. South American experts, legislators and leaders have also denounced the concessions it has made to the brutal communist dictatorship in Cuba, the puppet regime in Venezuela, and terrorist organizations such as the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that his administration has so strangely chosen to exploit. It was removed from the US list of terrorist organizations last year.
Biden’s Latin American policies have put him at odds with the region’s right-wing democratic leaders, particularly Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Guatemala’s Alejandro Giammattei.
“The Biden administration’s policy of appeasement of far-left tyrants and potential tyrants in Latin America strengthens their power, encourages drug trafficking in our region and facilitates the illegal immigration of many across our vulnerable borders,” Senator Rubio said at the conference. said. Activity. “The democracies in the US and our region are less secure because of this administration’s desire to turn a blind eye to the needs of our hemisphere. We need real leadership and real solutions, not leftist politics of Marxist advocates.”
Silvia Iriondo, leader of Mothers and Women Against Oppression in Cuba, emphasized the danger posed not only by the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes, but also by their relations with malignant world powers such as China and Russia.
(Photo courtesy of Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat)
“Undoubtedly, the wave of socialism has passed through all the major countries of the region – perhaps including Brazil next month – posing a serious threat to freedom and democracy in our hemisphere,” he said, referring to the country’s presidential election. “This cancerous tumor originated in Cuba and continues to expand its influence in America, effectively controlling the Venezuelan dictatorship with thousands of agents and military personnel on the ground, as well as joining forces with Nicaragua and other socialist allies.”
“The thing that most threatens the security and stability of Latin America and the United States is the increased and unhindered infiltration of narco-terrorist organizations closely allied with Russia, China, Iran and Cuba,” Biden called on Biden. . “Supporting independence movements in Cuba.” and in other oppressed countries of this hemisphere, as the US has successfully done in Solidarity with Poland.
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, co-founder and representative of the Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio), a pro-democracy organization, said in July that the defense of American human rights was critical in Cuba amid a wave of nationwide protests. 11, 2021 is not over yet.
(Photo courtesy of Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat)
“Despite repression, the uprising continues with many different acts of protest and resistance against the entire island, although hundreds of prisoners are serving severe sentences for civil disobedience to the regime,” Gutiérrez-Boronat said. “There are clear signs of disagreement within the ranks of the dictatorship, including the fact that 25 Cuban generals died under mysterious circumstances last year alone.”
Senator Scott, who organized the event, suggested specific actions the Biden administration could take immediately to bolster pro-democracy movements and limit the dangerous influence of communist dictatorships in the region. Among the actions he listed was support for the Cuban Military Oligarchy Profits Denial and the Restriction of Cuban Intelligence Devices (DEMOCRAT) Act, which would expand sanctions associated with the Castro regime by mandating the president to punish foreigners doing business. To entities or persons under sanctions in Cuba, as well as persons known to be involved in “serious human rights violations” in Cuba.
Scott further added that Biden “redesignates FARC as a terrorist organization, blocks access to U.S. assets to anyone involved or is involved in human rights abuses or corruption in Venezuela and Nicaragua, and revokes licenses for U.S. companies operating in Cuba and Venezuela.” suggested. ”
“If President Biden had done all five of these today, our hemisphere would be a safer place and liberation movements in Latin America would be encouraged,” Scott said. “The fight for freedom and democracy in Latin America needs US support, and we will not stop fighting to undo Biden’s failed appeasement program that has hindered progress and stability in our hemisphere.”
Source: Breitbart
