[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 15, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1244]
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      VENEZUEN RESULUTION REGARDING TERRORIST LUIS POSADA CARRILES

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 15, 2005

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit the following for 
the Congressional Record. On Wednesday, June 15, 2005, Representative 
Dennis Kucinich met with legislators from Venezuela who presented him 
with a resolution that passed in the Venezuelan legislative assembly 
regarding the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.
  The following is a translation of that resolution.

                        Non Official Translation

    The National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela--
Resolution Expressing Support for the Decision of the Supreme Tribunal 
     of Justice Requesting the Extradition of Luis Posada Carriles


                              CONSIDERING

       That on October 6, 1976, a Cubana de Aviacion airplane was 
     victim of an abominable terrorist act over the island of 
     Barbados, exploding in mid-air and resulting in the death of 
     its passengers and crew;


                              CONSIDERING

       That among the victims were 57 Cuban nationals, 24 of which 
     were members of the Cuban National Fencing Team who had 
     recently emerged victorious in the Fencing Championships of 
     Central America and the Caribbean, held in Caracas, 
     Venezuela; alongside 11 Guyanese students and 5 Korean 
     students;


                              CONSIDERING

       That material responsibility for the condemnable terrorist 
     act was linked to Venezuelan nationals Heman Ricardo and 
     Freddy Lugo, and that a consequent investigation determined 
     that the sinister plan was hatched in Caracas, under the 
     direction of Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban-
     Venezuelan, who from 1967 served in an official capacity in 
     various police forces, including as the Chief of the 
     Explosives Brigade of the Division of Intelligence and 
     Prevention Services (DISIP), known by the alias ``Commissar 
     Basilio;''


                              CONSIDERING

       That the commission of this crime affected traditional 
     relations between the countries linked to the events, and 
     could have resulted in international political conflicts;


                              CONSIDERING

       That joint actions by state authorities in Cuba and 
     Venezuela allowed judicial officials to prosecute and 
     sanction those responsible for such actions;


                              CONSIDERING

       That the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles avoided being 
     brought to justice on numerous occasions and often with the 
     use of violence, escaping from various Venezuelan prisons, 
     most notably his escape from the San Juan de los Morros 
     Prison on August 18, 1985;


                              CONSIDERING

       That having detected that the terrorist fugitive Luis 
     Posada Carriles had been detained in the Republic of Panama, 
     accused and convicted of planning a new terrorist attack 
     against the President of the Republic of Cuba, Fidel Castro, 
     the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
     requested his extradition pursuant to a decision of the 
     Chamber of Penal Cassation of the Supreme Tribunal of 
     Justice;


                              CONSIDERING

       That said request was denied by the Government of Panama 
     under the presidency of Mireya Moscoso, who reprieved Luis 
     Posada Carriles, effectively ignoring the Extradition Treaty 
     between the two countries and provoking international 
     condemnation;


                              CONSIDERING

       That terrorist attacks constitute crimes against humanity 
     that can cause social commotion and must be punished by the 
     competent authorities in any country in the world;


                              CONSIDERING

       That the families of the victims and their respective 
     countrymen await that justice be done for these abhorrent 
     terrorist acts.


                                 AGREES

       First: To express support for the decision of the Supreme 
     Tribunal of Justice which, in a sovereign, autonomous, and 
     independent decision, dictated the issuance of an extradition 
     request for the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to the 
     Government of the United States of America.
       Second: To ratify the National Assembly's repudiation and 
     condemnation of this abominable terrorist act, just as the 
     repudiation and condemnation of similar acts that occur 
     anywhere else in the world.
       Third: To ratify the National Assembly's repudiation of the 
     conduct of the Republic of Panama's former president, Mireya 
     Moscoso, who in reprieving the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles 
     violated the terms of the Extradition Treaty in force between 
     Panama and Venezuela.
       Fourth: To request that the Government of the United States 
     of America provide information as to whether Luis Posada 
     Carriles is within its territory, and if so, to provide for 
     his immediate extradition.
       Fifth: To encourage the Organization of American States, 
     the United Nations, and the international community 
     coordinate efforts to capture and extradite one of the most 
     dangerous terrorists in the history of Latin America and the 
     Caribbean.
       Sixth: To request that the Congress of the United States of 
     America ratify their absolute rejection of terrorism and 
     their conviction to fight it.
       Seventh: To deliver copies of this legislation to the 
     diplomatic representatives in Venezuela of Cuba, Guyana, 
     Barbados, South Korea, Panama, and the United States of 
     America.
       Eighth: To publicize said legislation.
       Ratified and signed in the Federal Legislative Palace, 
     headquarters of the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, 
     on the fifth day of May of the year 2005, year 195 of 
     Venezuelan independence and year 146 of the federation.
                                             Nicolas Maduro Moros,
                                                        President.
                                                Ricardo Gutierrez,
                                             First Vice-President.
                                                    Pedro Carreno,
                                            Second Vice-President.
                                              Ivan Zerpa Guerrero,
                                                        Secretary.
                                              Jose Gregorio Viana,
     Assistant Secretary

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