[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H9908-H9909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         ANTI-AMERICAN ACTIVITY

  (Mr. RIVERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIVERA. Mr. Speaker, it was recently discovered that a Venezuelan 
national prone to anti-American activity is present and active on U.S. 
soil.
  Livia Antonieta Acosta Noguera, consulate general of Venezuela in 
Miami, has been linked to a potential cyberattack on the United States 
involving affiliates of the Iranian, Cuban, and Venezuelan regimes. In 
2008, while serving at the Venezuelan Embassy in Mexico, Ms. Noguera 
worked with members from the Iranian and Cuban Embassies to develop 
plans for an attack on critical U.S. Government infrastructure systems.
  Ms. Noguera's actions demonstrate her willingness to undermine U.S. 
interests by partnering with Iran and Cuba, two U.S.-designated state 
sponsors of terrorism. This discovery heightens our concern for the 
growing Iranian presence in the hemisphere. The Obama administration 
should take decisive action against Iran in order to prevent the 
development of any sort of Latin American-Iranian diplomatic relations.
  This is an essential component of the preservation of our national 
security; and, if the allegations are found true, it begins with the 
immediate diplomatic expulsion of Ms. Noguera.

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