[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E533]
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                         HONORING MR. ELIO ROCA

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 31, 1998

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today it is a honor to recognize Mr. 
Elio Roca, a musical artist and actor well known to Hispanic audiences.
  The Cuban patriot Jose Marti once said: ``Men of action, above all, 
those whose actions are guided by love, live forever. Other famous men, 
those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity 
of greatness.'' Those words describe Elio Roca.
  Mr. Roca has sung to sold out concerts in his native Argentina and 
has realized dozens of appearances on stages in Latin America and the 
United States. His performances at Madison Square Garden and the Shrine 
Auditorium in Los Angeles won critical acclaim. Mr. Roca is also known 
as one of the brightest actors in Latin America.
  It must also be noted that this Argentinean native has been a 
supporter of human rights and a crusader against the Castro tyranny. He 
has written and dedicated a song entitled ``To My Cuba I Shall Return'' 
for all those Cubans who live in exile. Mr. Roca has been invited to 
tour the oppressed Cuban nation time and time again, and his answer has 
always been the same simple yet powerful response of a man of action, 
``never, never while Fidel is there.''
  Mr. Speaker, Elio Roca is a talented artist, a proud Argentinean, a 
friend of the Cuban people and above all, to quote a Cuban patriot ``a 
man of action.''




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