[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H7696-H7697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser was a scholarly 
and outspoken Mexican diplomat and politician whose independent 
struggle for democracy helped end 71 years of single-party rule.
  Ambassador Zinser was killed in a traffic accident while driving back 
from his country home south of Mexico City. He was only 55.
  It is my honor to lend my voice to the many admirers of Ambassador 
Zinser whose untimely death is a tremendous loss for all of us who 
believe

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in the fight for social and economic justice.
  A tireless defender of democracy and human rights, Mr. Aguilar Zinser 
will be remembered as a true patriot, a true fighter for his country, 
and a friend to so many of us.
  In recognition of his outstanding and valuable service to Mexico, I 
want to offer my deepest sympathies to his family and to his many 
friends around the world.

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