[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1475-E1476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SHAME ON THE GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 1998

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, it was 15 years ago that American 
soldiers liberated

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the small island of Grenada from the authoritarian government that, 
under the direction of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, had overtaken that 
nation.
  During the time the Castro regime manipulated the government of the 
island in an attempt to expand communism in the Americas, the people of 
Grenada lost all semblance of civil liberties and human rights that was 
then returned to them.
  Unfortunately, it seems that the present Grenadian government has 
forgotten the repression brought upon their country by the Castro 
regime and it has invited the dictator to visit the island this week.
  The visit comes as the nations members of the Caribbean Economic 
Community (CARICOM) continue to flirt with the Cuban tyrant, who 
desperately wants to enter the organization to obtain economic benefits 
that will strengthen his oppressive regime.
  How sad that after 19 American soldiers died to liberate Grenada, 
that island's government now receives, with open arms, the dictator who 
orchestrated the repression of that island's citizens.
  Shame on the government of Grenada!

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