[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14710-14711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                RECOGNIZING THE BRAVE DISSIDENTS IN CUBA

  (Mr. RIVERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. RIVERA. Mr. Speaker, last week I took to this floor to discuss 
the brave dissidents inside Cuba that went on a hunger strike to 
protest the jailing of one of their own. The end of that hunger strike 
came this week when the Castro dictatorship announced the pending 
release of that dissident. This was a victory for the heroes of the 
opposition movement inside Cuba, but there is still much to be done.
  The international community must continue to denounce the human 
rights abuses occurring inside Cuba, the lack of civil liberties and 
democratic rights, and continue to support the heroic opposition 
struggling for a free and democratic Cuba inside the island.

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