[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 70 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H3365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN RECOGNITION OF EUSEBIO PENALVER MAZORRA

  (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. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in memory of Eusebio 
Penalver Mazorra, who was one of the longest serving political 
prisoners and a man who President George W. Bush called a Cuban 
patriot. I would like to recognize his widow, Francis Martinez, who is 
with us today.
  In Miami, Penalver led a group called ``Plantados until Freedom and 
Democracy Comes to Cuba,'' whose five founding members each spent more 
than 20 years in Castro's prisons. Eusebio himself spent 28 years in 
jail.
  Penalver was a Cuban political prisoner who fought long and hard 
against Castro's tyranny. Born in Ciego de Avila, in Camaguey, Cuba, 
Penalver was a Plantado, a prisoner who firmly plants his feet in his 
cell and does not cooperate with his captors, and he struggled for 
freedom and democracy throughout his life.
  He came to the United States as an exile in 1988, and he dedicated 
his life to fighting Castro's tyranny. He was loved and admired by our 
Cuban-American community for his dedication and courage in the fight 
for Cuba's liberty, and his presence will be sorely missed.

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