[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2205]
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                  FACE DEDICATED TO TRUTH AND FREEDOM

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 17, 1995

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform the House that on 
next Tuesday, November 21, a very special event will be held by the 
organization Facts About Cuban Exiles [FACE].
  FACE was established in 1982 to foster accuracy and understanding in 
the portrayal of the Cuban exile population. There are over a million 
Cubans who have been forced to flee the Castro dictatorship and FACE 
conducts research and provides information about the history and 
contributions of the Cuban exile population to the United States and 
other countries of exile.
  The work of FACE is carried on under the leadership of Chairman Jose 
Cancela and his fellow officers: Secretary Xiomara Cassado, Vice 
Secretary Marian Prio-Odio and Treasurer Marilyn Borroto.
  Speaking at the luncheon will be the internationally renowned scholar 
and author, Dr. Mark Falcoff, the author of many influential works on 
U.S.-Latin American relations, who will be speaking on the subject of 
``The Hispanic Community in the Lens of the American Media.'' Dr. 
Falcoff will be introduced by the former Secretary of Commerce of 
Florida, Jeb Bush.
  FACE also casts light on the nature of the oppression that drove 10 
percent of Cuba's population out of their homeland with special 
emphasis on the plight of Cuban political prisoners as part of the 
larger tragedy of Castro's oppression.
  I wish the Facts About Cuban Exiles success its their larger goal of 
holding up the light of truth and freedom for the enslaved people of 
Cuba.

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