[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   GRENADA'S INVITATION TO CASTRO DENIES PAST MARXIST OPPRESSION AND 
                          AMERICAN SACRIFICES

  (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. Madam Speaker, in 1983, 19 American soldiers gave 
their lives to liberate the island of Grenada from the Marxist regime 
which, under the manipulation of the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, had 
taken over that small nation. Thanks to U.S. troops and the leadership 
of President Ronald Reagan, the people of Grenada regained the freedom 
they had lost to the puppet regime backed by Castro.
  Now it seems that the government of Grenada has forgotten about the 
repression imposed upon their Nation by Castro and has invited the 
dictator to visit the island this weekend. Castro's goal in this visit 
is to obtain support for his regime's membership to the Caribbean 
economic community, CARICOM, that will help him attain new financial 
resources to maintain in power.
  How tragic that the government of Grenada has turned its back on its 
own people, who suffered under the Castro-sponsored Marxist regime. It 
has ignored and forgotten the 19 dead U.S. soldiers and the 115 wounded 
American patriots. Shame on the government of Grenada.

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