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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Mourns the tragic loss of Wilman Villar Mendoza and expresses condolences to his family, the Cuban people, and the victims of repression throughout Cuba.</p> <p>Commends the Cuban Patriotic Union, the Ladies in White, the Orlando Zapata Tamayo National Front for Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience, and other pro-democracy organizations in Cuba. </p> <p>Pledges solidarity with the people of Cuba as they struggle against totalitarianism and brutality to achieve fundamental rights.</p> <p>Condemns the repression and human rights abuses perpetrated by the Castro regime against its own people.</p>]]></text>
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