[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                OPPRESSION OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE CONTINUES

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, while his decrepit road show passed 
through the United States, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro made a cynical 
statement during a pathetic rally in his support, sponsored by our 
Democrat colleague from the Bronx and attended by some other 
congressional groupies. Castro commented that ``life changes,'' 
referring to his acceptance of foreign capitalist investment, to save 
his failed, repressive revolution.
  Life might change for Castro in his desperation to keep power, but 
not for the Cuban people who continue mired in misery and oppression. 
In Cuba, human rights violations continue. Political persecution 
continues. State control over the economy and the press continues. 
Persecution against those who practice their religion continues. 
Nothing, nothing has changed over Castro's 37 years of tyranny.
  Yes, life changes, but not for the oppressed people of Cuba. Life 
will only change for the Cuban people once the Communist tyrant is 
eliminated from power and the Cuban nation can reclaim its freedom.

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