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Beyonce and Jay Z Are Race Traitors for Going to Cuba !?!? 4/15/2013 Huffington Post: by Mark Sawyer, UCLA - "In the early 2000's the Cuban members of Congress funded projects located at HBCU's for scholars under contract to produce articles on racism in Cuba. Scholars visited Cuba but did no original research and largely summarized the works of scholars like myself without any of the necessary context and caveats. We were then invited to a conference at Howard University hosted by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen so they could report their "findings" on racism in Cuba and have the validation of top scholars in the field. As the conservative Miami Cubans have struggled to connect with blacks on the island they have seen talking about racism on the island as a possible entrée to Afro-Cubans."
En
Honduras, un desastre hecho en los E.E.U.U. Friday, 27 January 2012 14:04
Administrador 1/27/2012 Defensores en Linea: "Cuando
prominentes figuras han salido ha acusar a la policía son acribillados por
escuadrones de la muerte y narcotraficantes, el más famoso acusador fue el
antiguo comisionado de policía, Alfredo Landaverde. El fue asesinado el 7 de
diciembre, hasta ahora el gobierno ha comenzado hacer significativos arrestos de
oficiales de policía… Porque el Departamento de Estado se ha lanzado detrás
de la administración Lobo a pesar de las evidencias de la corrupción del régimen?
En parte porque ha sido enterrados por la circunscripción Cubana-Americana de
la Representante Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, la Presidente del Comité de Relaciones
Exteriores, y sus aliados. Ellos han sido feroces sobre Honduras como un primer
dominó con el que pueden empujar contra la línea gobiernos de izquierda y
centro-izquierda que han ganado elecciones en América Latina en los últimos 15
años. Con su base militar aérea Americana, Honduras es crucial para la
estrategia militar de los Estados Unidos en América Latina."
In
Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S. 1/26/2012 NYT: "When
prominent figures came forward to charge that the police are riddled with death
squads and drug traffickers, the most famous accuser was a former police
commissioner, Alfredo Landaverde. He was assassinated on Dec. 7. Only now has
the government begun to make significant arrests of police officers… Why has
the State Department thrown itself behind the Lobo administration despite brutal
evidence of the regime’s corruption? In part because it has caved in to the
Cuban-American constituency of Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the
Republican chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and her allies.
They have been ferocious about Honduras as a first domino with which to push
back against the line of center-left and leftist governments that have won
elections in Latin America in the past 15 years. With its American air base,
Honduras is also crucial to the United States’ military strategy in Latin
America."
Ros-Lehtinen
Says Cuban Regime Big Winner in New Travel Spree; Says Obama Administration
Policies to Blame for Increased Travel Revenue to Dictatorship 1/10/2012 US
House: “Travel advertisements are springing up throughout the United
States seeking to entice American tourists to take a trip to the island. The New
York Times recently joined the Cuba travel bandwagon, ranking Havana as number
10 of ‘The 45 Places to Go in 2012.’ But the Times’ assist to the
propaganda machine of repressive regimes was not just limited to Cuba. It also
touted Burma, under the rule of the brutal military junta, as a must see,
ranking it as number 3. National Geographic Expeditions is also on board,
organizing a 10-day trip to Cuba, and the Smithsonian Institution is sponsoring
four so-called ‘cultural exchange’ trips to the island through Smithsonian
Journeys."
Ros-Lehtinen
accused Smithsonian of "supporting Cuba and terrorism" 1/4/2012 Walter
Lippman: by Jean-Guy Allard - "Hysterical, Ros-Lehtinen accused
prestigious institute of "supporting Cuba and Terrorism"
Ros-Lehtinen
says Smithsonian trips to Cuba a cash gift to Castro 1/4/2012 The
Hill: "Ros-Lehtinen stopped short of saying she would move to block
the Smithsonian trips but said the visits would do nothing to help Americans to
see the brutality of the Cuban regime. "Instead, these tourists will
experience a false depiction of Cuba through a biased and censored ‘tour’ of
the island," she said. "The Smithsonian's 10-day trips to Cuba will
amount to little more than a tropical vacation," she said. "Americans
participating in these trips will not see the brutal reality of the Castro
dictatorship."
Travel
to Cuba: People-to-People Cultural Exchange 1/4/2012 Smithsonian: "Smithsonian
will offer multiple departures of a new People-to-People Cultural Exchange
Program to Cuba in 2012. Thanks to a special license issued by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, Smithsonian Institution invites you to participate
in this meaningful Cultural Exchange program with the Cuban people who are
involved in the arts, cultural traditions, agriculture, natural history and
education. •Travel Dates are: May 4 - 13; May 11 - 20; November 9 - 18;
November 30 - December 9, 2012*. (*pending license renewal)"
Congresswoman
objects to Smithsonian tours to Cuba 1/4/2012 WaPo: "In
a blistering press release, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said the
Smithsonian was helping what she called “the deplorable Havana tyranny” by
sponsoring trips to Cuba."
Ros-Lehtinen
Concerned about Smithsonian-Sponsored Trips to Cuba 1/3/2012 US
House: "“The nature of the Smithsonian’s upcoming trips to Cuba
becomes clear merely by looking at the ad promoting it. The ad fails to mention
that Cuba is a state-sponsor of terrorism or that Castro’s thugs repeatedly
and routinely beat and harass the innocent Ladies in White while they peacefully
march down a street. It does not mention that an American citizen is being held
hostage by the regime simply for seeking to lift the veil of censorship that the
dictatorship imposes on the Cuban people."
El
capítulo peruano de la injerencia israelí en América Latina. 12/1/2011 Descubriendo
Verdades: "El derechista gobierno del Perú acaba de realizar un
cuestionable acto de acercamiento hacia Israel, luego de la reciente visita del
canciller sionista, Avigdor Lieberman, a ese país, el pasado 27 de Julio de
2009. Dentro de las negociaciones secretas entre el Ministro de Relaciones de
Israel con el presidente peruano Allan García y su Ministro de Defensa, Rafael
Rey, estuvo la aprobación por el Ministerio de Defensa sionista para que Global
CST, empresa pantalla del Mossad, penetrara abiertamente en la nación andina
con vistas a fortalecer el aparato militar y los servicios de espionaje del Perú,
entrenar a las FF AA en la lucha antisubversiva y en la creación de una
sofisticada red de inteligencia electrónica. Con la justificación de adiestrar
al ejército peruano para combatir el narcotráfico y el terrorismo, se dio a
conocer el pasado 8 de noviembre que el gobierno de Perú había contratado, a
un costo de 9 millones de USD anuales, los servicios de Global CST, la empresa
israelí dedicada al entrenamiento a varios ejércitos latinoamericanos en técnicas
de lucha anti subversiva y espionaje."
Ros-Lehtinen:
says the presence of Cuban children in the United States is “a danger to
national security” 10/22/2011 Cuba Soidarity: "The
presence of the 22 children of Cuban children’s theater group La Colmenita
(The Beehive) is part of a policy that “undermines U.S. foreign policy
priorities and interests of national security,” said Congresswoman Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of of Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Ros-Lehtinen is famous for her links with terrorist circles of Cuban
Miami."
Mujahideen-e
Khalq: Former U.S. Officials Make Millions Advocating For Terrorist Organization 8/8/2011 Huffington
Post
Mujahedin-e
Khalq (MEK) Factsheet 7/8/2011 NIAC - Washington insights
for the Iranian-American community: "In a matter of weeks, a terrorist
group known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) may succeed in getting removed from
the U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations — not as a result of any
change of heart — but as a result of an unprecedented and possibly illegal
multi-million dollar media and lobbying blitz. Iranian Americans know the truth
about the MEK, but high-priced public relations and lobbying firms are hard at
work trying to whitewash the MEK’s violent and disturbing record. And while
they’ve been remarkably successful, they can’t completely escape the truth.
So, for the record, here are the facts about the MEK (you can find this and more
at www.mekterror.com):"
Video
Captures Iraqi Forces Killing Iranian Dissidents 4/15/2011 FOX: [The
'dissidents' are the MEK, much beloved of Ileana Ros Lehtinen.]
BROTHER
OF POSADA VICTIM TO ROS-LEHTINEN: "You don’t even see the terrorist
within!" 2/10/2011 Granma: "The names of
Posada Carriles and his associates are always appearing in available
declassified documents, he notes. "I learned that in the U.S., members of
Congress are among those who have lobbied on behalf of these terrorist
criminals. In fact, your name, Ms. Lehtinen, appears time and time again."
"In this open letter, I wish to express the extreme indignation and
revulsion that I feel knowing that there are people like you in the U.S.
Congress who are so blinded by hatred for the legitimate leaders of Cuba that
your twisted minds consider Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch as heroic
patriots."
Who
Killed the Iranian Physics Professors? 1/18/2011 Counterpunch: [Ileana
Ros Lehtinen favors MEK] - "There were also rumors in some Iranian news
media, as well as some foreign news sources, that the US designated terrorist
organization Mujahedeen Khalq-e Iran or MEK [MKO, National Council of
Resistance, and various other names used by the organization] was also behind
the assassinations. For example, Iranian Students News Agency stated on December
1, 2010, that the “monafeghin,” a code name for MEK, had admitted that they
had “played a role” in the attack. In this report they referred to some MEK
documents that appeared on the website of “Habilian Center,” a group that
claims to be a non-governmental organization fighting terrorism in Iran. On
December 1, 2010, AP also reported that according to Iran’s defense minister,
Israel had enlisted members of MEK to carry out such attacks. Indeed, on
November 30, 2010, Fars News Agency quoted Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi
as saying: “This inauspicious act was sponsored by the Zionist regime and in
coordination with the western intelligence agencies, the US and Britain in
particular, and was carried out by MKO [MEK] hirelings."
Congresista
Connie Mack tiene historial de vinculos con red de Posada Carriles 1/11/2011 Vos
el Soberano, Honduras: "En 1989, el propio padre del representante
para el distrito 14 de la Florida, el Senador Connie Mack III (McGillicuddy), y
la entonces candidata al congreso Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fueron los políticos que
llevaron la campaña para la liberación en EE.UU. del terrorista Orlando Bosch,
el jefe de la organización terrorista internacional CORU. Bosch y Posada
Carriles fueron quienes ordenaron, organizaron y financiaron en Caracas, en 1976
la destrucción en pleno vuelo de un avión civil cubano, provocando la muerte
de sus 73 ocupantes."
Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen's intelligence 1/5/2011 Progreso Weekly: "A
critic of what she considers the “weaknesses” of Obama's policy toward Latin
America, she hosted a meeting of the continental ultraright in the Capitol
itself, which was attended by notorious putschists whom she called “our
responsible partners… From her new position in Congress, protected by
Cuban-American fundamentalists, Zionist Jews and extremist white neocons, Ileana
Ros competes for the post of spokeswoman for the ultraright in Latin America, a
job that does not seem too demanding, since the Latin American oligarchy
apparently is not interested in looking cultured or pleasant.” She also made
statements calling for greater OAS willingness to intervene against governments
she deems “threats to democracy, human rights and hemispheric security” and
even accused Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega of being a “collaborator with the
Castro regime” for his efforts to gain the release of prisoners who had until
then allegedly caused sleepless nights to the Congresswoman and her
friends."
Ros-Lehtinen:
My mission is to cut the state and foreign aid budgets 12/8/2010 Progreso
Weekly
A
Looming US Foreign Relations Disaster in the making: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to
Chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee 11/28/2010 AfroCubaWeb: by
Alberto Jones
Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen: Así es la congresista yanqui que pretende “enseñar” la
democracia a América Latina 11/25/2010 Diario Universal
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs_Camp Ashraf 11/25/2010 Camp
Ashraf: "Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs ,Howard
Berman, Ranking member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, senior HCFA members Dana Rohrabacher,
Sheila Jackson Lee and Ted Poe addressed the Issue of Camp Ashraf residents,
member of the People Mujahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Background: Camp
Ashraf-Iraq, home to 3,400 members of Iranian opposition movement, the
People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI), continues to face a serious
crisis demanding urgent action by the international community to avoid a human
catastrophe."
ROHRABACHER
CODEL 2/24/2010 Cablesearch.org: "Congressman Dana
Rohrabacher (R-CA) visited Honduras January 31-February 2 and called on
Hondurans to "turn the page" on the political events of the summer.
Congressman Rohrabacher commended the Honduran people for their commitment to
democracy and said he would urge the U.S. government to re-instate revoked U.S.
visas. Congressman Rohrabacher expressed concern that establishment of a
"truth commission," as called for by the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord,
would have the effect of continuing to divide Hondurans. Congressman Rohrabacher,
who was accompanied by several American businessmen and investors, endorsed US
investment and particularly lauded the benefits of the development of biofuel
industry in Honduras. He enthusiastically promoted a start-up biofuel company,
SG Biofuels... In his conversation with President of Congress Juan Orlando
Hernandez on February 1, Congressman Rohrabacher told Hernandez that he was an
emissary of Honduras' friends in Congress, in particular member of Congress
Ileana ROS-LEHTINEN."
Ros-Lehtinen
Warns of Increased Drug Trafficking, Extremist Links between Latin America and
Africa 1/6/2010 US House: "U.S. Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
commented today on remarks by a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official regarding
the “unholy alliance” between South American narco-criminal groups and
Islamist extremist organizations in western Africa. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:
“The recent arrest of three west-African al-Qaeda operatives on drug smuggling
charges darkens the already ominous picture of Islamist extremist groups in
western Africa collaborating with narco-criminals in South America. “Groups
like the FARC are finding new ways to sell drugs to Europeans via al-Qaeda
groups in Africa. Al-Qaeda, in turn, is more than willing to use the drug
business to help fund its extremist agenda."
The
hypocrisy of American bluster toward Iran 12/23/2009 LA
Times: "What is astounding is the lack of shame in such overt
duplicity as Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's (R-Fla.) accusations in her Dec. 14
Times Op-Ed article that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorists -- when she
herself has a track record of supporting terrorists. In February 1988, Orlando
Bosch was arrested in Miami and implicated in the 1976 plot to blow up Cubana
Flight 455, a terrorist act that killed 73 passengers. Joe D. Whitley, the
associate U.S. attorney general at the time, called Bosch "a terrorist,
unfettered by laws or human decency, threatening and inflicting violence without
regard to the identity of his victims." Bosch, however, had the distinct
advantage of having Ros-Lehtinen make advocating for his release one of the
cornerstones of her 1989 congressional campaign. Bosch had another advantage:
Ros-Lehtinen's campaign manager was Jeb Bush, President George H.W. Bush's son.
In 1990, after lobbying by Jeb Bush and Ros-Lehtinen, the Bush administration
went against the Justice Department's recommendation to deport Bosch and
authorized his release. Since then, Bosch has become a permanent resident of the
United States."
A
Dangerous President 12/4/2009 Mambi Watch: "Those
were the exact words that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen used to describe President
Barack Obama when she appear on Radio Mambi last month."
Ros-Lehtinen,
máxima representante del lobby israelí contra un informe de la ONU 11/5/2009 Honduras
en Resistencia: "Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, la politiquera yanqui de origen
cubano que salió a defender el dictador hondureño Roberto Micheletti y que se
hizo una carrera denigrando a Cuba, se convirtió en máxima representante del
lobby israeli en el Congreso al obtener la condena del Informe Goldstone
presentado en la ONU que reconoce el carácter genocida de de los crímenes de
Israel."
Ros-Lehtinen invites
golpistas to U.S. Congress 10/14/2009 Quotha
Ros-Lehtinen
Discovers Antidote to Honduran Tourism Crisis in Visiting US Congress Members 10/6/2009 NarcoNews
"Real
Time" lawmaker Ros-Lehtinen taking Honduran coup show on the road 10/3/2009 NarcoNews
"Real
Time" lawmaker Ros-Lehtinen taking Honduran coup show on the road 10/3/2009 NarcoNews: "So,
let’s get this straight. Ros-Lehtinen is headed to Honduras next week to help
preen the feathers of the leaders of the Honduran coup while at the same time
her former press secretary is working under contract with an inside-the-Beltway
PR firm to advance the despotic interests of those same coup leaders — all in
open defiance of the Obama Administration’s stated policy on Honduras. Maybe
after she returns, Ros-Lehtinen can get HBO to once again pay her way to Los
Angeles to appear on the “Real Time with Bill Maher” show — a gig she’s
done at least four times since 2005, with the last such trip racking up nearly
$2,300 in travel and lodging expenses (including a $750 town car ride),
according to Congressional travel records. And once on the show, maybe
Ros-Lehtinen can give CSLA an assist with their coup contract by putting a
positive spin (cloaked in humor, of course) on all the golpista-sanctioned
democracy she discovered while fact-finding in Honduras."
Para
la Loba Feroz, el regreso de Zelaya es “amenazante” 9/22/2009 CubaDebate: "En
la misma lógica ultraderechista que defiende Ros-Lehtinen, las elecciones que
realizaría en noviembre la junta golpista dispondría como “observadores” a
enviados del grupo neonazi UnoAmérica y de la “Red Latinoamericana y del
Caribe para la Libertad”, un apéndice de la Fundación Libertad, financiada
por la NED y al Faes de José María Aznar, según la prensa oficialista hondureña
Los magistrados del Tribunal Supremo Electoral, TSE, han anunciado que
“recibieron el ofrecimiento oficial de participación como observadores” de
estos grupos cuya filiación con la CIA y la derecha latinoamericana más
recalcitrante está bien documentada. En los últimos meses, UnoAmérica (Unión
de Organizaciones Democráticas de América) ha realizado campañas de
propaganda contra Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay y Nicaragua.
UnoAmerica es diriga por el venezolano Alejandro Peña Esclusa, un opositor
golpista a Hugo Chávez."
Ros-Lehtinen
en tierra sionista 9/3/2009 Granma: por Jean Guy Allard
-- "En una entrevista con el diario web Forward, el 14 de octubre del 2005,
Ros-Lehtinen habló por primera vez de su ascendencia judía que, dijo, pocos de
sus electores conocen. Sus abuelos maternales eran judíos sefaraditas
procedentes de Turquía que se radicaron en La Habana en los años 50. Su abuelo
Jacobo Adato Levy fue un respetado líder religioso de la comunidad judía
habanera, fundo sinagogas, y se quedo en Cuba después de la Revolución hasta
su fallecimiento."
Ricardo
Maduro, “héroe” de la ultra derecha, y protector de Posada Carriles 7/28/2009 CubaDebate: "Ricardo
Maduro, el ex presidente de Honduras que participó en el criminal golpe de
Estado contra el presidente constitucional, Manuel Zelaya, y que acaba de ser
acogido en Washington por los congresistas de la ultra derecha cubanoamericana,
fue quien presidía el país centroamericano cuando Luis Posada Carriles se
refugió ahí en el 2004 para quedarse durante más de seis meses, con la
tolerancia evidente de su gobierno. Maduro está realizando una gira en Estados
Unidos, adonde lo invitaron los miembros de la pandilla cubanoamericana del
Congreso. El ex candidato presidencial John McCain, viejo socio de la mafia
miamense, y la representante republicana, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen le organizaron una
reunión en el Capitolio con una decena de sus colegas."
Hillary
Clinton moves State Department to the right of Condoleezza Rice 7/21/2009 OnLine
Journal: "It was then announced that Clinton’s presidential campaign
adviser Lanny Davis, a consummate Washington, DC, slime merchant and ardent
Zionist, became a paid shill for the pro-Honduran junta Honduran Chamber of
Commerce, CEAL. Davis is reportedly coordinating his activities with Republican
members of the Congress who support the junta, including Cuban-American
reactionary Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Senator Mel Martinez
(R-FL), as well as Otto Reich, George W. Bush’s Cuban-American Assistant
Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs who worked overtime to
overthrow Chavez in Venezuela and Morales in Bolivia… Mrs. Clinton has always
seemed to have an affinity for fascists and their fellow travelers. She has
written of “The Family” Christian cult leader Doug Coe, who provides housing
on C Street on Capitol Hill for a number of conservative Republican and a few
Democratic congressmen and senators, as “a unique presence in Washington: a
genuinely loving spiritual mentor and guide to anyone, regardless of party or
faith, who wants to deepen his or her relationship with God.” However, Coe’s
record shows that the only people he wants to “deepen his relationship” with
are a number of tinhorn dictators around the world, including past military
junta leaders in Honduras, Guatemala, and other Latin American countries."
Ros-Lehtinen
Proposes Amendment to Cut Funding to OAS - Funds would be re-routed to support
the National Endowment for Democracy 7/8/2009 House Foreign
Affairs Committee: “From its warm overtures towards the Cuban tyrants to
its knee-jerk support of Manuel Zelaya, echoing the rhetoric and agenda of
autocratic leaders like Chavez, Morales, and Ortega, the OAS is losing
credibility as an entity that stands for democratic institutions, human rights,
and the rule of law."
Rosner's
Guest: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 2/10/2009 Haaretz: "The
Palestinian leadership is the one to blame for this situation. They were asked
time and time again to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure and to disarm the
terrorists. They did nothing. The Congress just two months ago said that if
Hamas was allowed to participate in the Palestinian elections, U.S. assistance
would be cut. The Palestinian leadership ignored these requests. They have
ignored the requests from the international community. By allowing Hamas to
participate as a legitimate party, they have made a mockery of the electoral
process and the pursuit of a democratic society."
Three
GOP incumbents survive toughest challenge yet 11/5/2008 Miami
Herald: "Miami's trio of Cuban-American Republican congress members
survived their toughest challenge yet on Tuesday night. Voters returned
hard-line anti-Castro Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario
Diaz-Balart to Washington."
U.S.
Native Americans Lead Opposition to Designation of Venezuela as Terrorist Nation 4/4/2008 Indian
Country Today: "Members of the Penobscot Indian Nation are
spearheading opposition to a congressional resolution that would designate
Venezuela as a state sponsor of terrorism. James Sappier, former Penobscot
Indian Nation chief, and Erlene Paul, the head of Penobscot's Human Services
Department, said House Resolution 1049 threatens not only a program in which the
South American country has provided free heating oil to hundreds of American
Indian and low-income communities for the past three winters, but would also
jeopardize the good relationships tribal members have developed with Venezuelans
and could impact oil imports for the entire U.S. Sappier said he has alerted the
tribes involved to contact their congressional representatives to vote against
the resolution. ...The resolution was introduced March 13 by Florida Republican
Reps. Connie Mack and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. It asks the State Department to place
Venezuela on a list of countries that provide support to terrorist
organizations, a designation that would impose a number of sanctions on
Venezuela and U.S. companies and individuals that do business there. Other
countries on the list are North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba and Sudan."
Candidates
target Castros for indictment 12/10/2007 Miami Herald: "The
frustration of Miami exiles over the Cuban government's downing of two Brothers
to the Rescue planes more than a decade ago has now filtered into the
presidential race, with top GOP candidates calling for the indictment of Fidel
and Raúl Castro. While stumping through South Florida, three Republican
candidates have brought up the Brothers tragedy, and at least two have pledged
to hold the Castro brothers responsible for the 1996 shoot-down by Cuban MiGs
that killed four Miami-based fliers. The candidates' interest in the shoot-down
may be an indication of the advice they're receiving from key Cuban-American
leaders. Among Sen. John McCain's supporters are U.S. Reps. Mario and Lincoln Díaz-Balart
and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, all of Miami. In the past, she has brought up the
possibility of indictments with President Bush. ''I talked to McCain about this
specific recommendation, and he said yes, that as president he would . . . ask
the Justice Department to begin a legal inquiry into the illegal shoot-down,''
Ros-Lehtinen said Monday."
Diaz
Balarts & Ros-Lehtinen condemn FBI for seeking evidence in Posada case 5/9/2007 Havana
Journal: "South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of Congress
condemned the Justice Department Thursday for sending Miami FBI agents to Cuba
to collect evidence against Luis Posada Carriles in a hotel bombing that killed
an Italian in Havana a decade ago. ‘By asking a state sponsor of terrorism for
`evidence’ regarding terrorism, the Bush administration Justice Department
demonstrates a shockingly profound ignorance of the nature of terrorism, of its
origins and its state sponsors,’’ U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and
brothers Lincoln and Mario D?az-Balart said in a statement."
Ros-Lehtinen
Did Call For Castro's Assassination 12/23/2006 NBC
Lawmaker denies
Castro assassination quote - Ros-Lehtinen says footage in documentary is fake;
director stands by it 12/10/2006 NBC: "Rep. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., appears in the 28-second clip made available on the
Internet by the makers of a new British documentary, “638 Ways to Kill
Castro.” In it, she says: “I welcome the opportunity of having anyone
assassinate Fidel Castro and any leader who is oppressing the people.”
The
winds of change are blowing in Miami 11/23/2006 Granma: "These
three reactionary Congress members, the Díaz-Balart brothers and Ileana (the
Gabys, Fofós and Milikis, of our political fauna) were reelected by a slight
majority. The opponents of all three were political unknowns who had neither the
backing of the Democratic Party – even though they were running as Democrats
– nor the money to buy even a burger… For everyone in Miami, it is obvious
that the votes won by the opponents of the three Congress members were not for
the former, but instead a vote of categorical rejection of the other three. It
was, above all, a spontaneous vote, without any political entity organizing or
backing it. The vote against these three sinister individuals was against their
politics, which is preventing the free exercise of political rights in our
community, and via which the minority section of the extreme right – through
many means, including the use of terrorism –, has achieved absolute control of
this; it was a vote against the policy that arbitrarily denies us our
Constitutional rights of being able to travel to Cuba to share with our
families, as well as against the sadistic policy of permanent aggression against
the safety and well-being of all our families on the island."
Brothers versus
brothers 8/2/2006 Wayne Madsen Report: scroll down to
Aug. 2, 2006 - " Bush and his right-wing Cuban-American friends and donors
engaged in a macabre Castro death watch in Miami. President George W. and
Florida Governor Jeb Bush, two brothers who owe their offices to the power of
the right-wing Cuban-American community in south Florida, engaged in a macabre
and sinister death watch for Cuban President Fidel Castro while being hosted by
wealthy Cuban-American supporters. As Castro was rushed to the hospital
suffering from internal bleeding, just two weeks after visiting, along with
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, the boyhood home of Che Guevara in Alta
Gracia, Argentina, the Bush brothers began planning action against the Cuban
government and the two Castro brothers -- Fidel and Raul. Defense Minister Raul
Castro took over the reins of power from Fidel, the first time the Cuban leader
had given up power since 1959. The Bush brothers huddled at a Republican
National Committee fundraiser with Jeb Bush's business mentor and partner,
wealthy Cuban-American real estate developer Armando Codina, head of the Codina
Group and close friend of George H. W. Bush. Codina sponsored the fundraiser at
his Coral Gables home. Until 1994, the firm was known as the Codina-Bush Group.
Codina and Jeb Bush made a fortune in developing southern Florida real estate
properties. He invested $1000 in 1984 in a Miami office tower project and cashed
out his shares in 1990 for a hefty $346,000. Before he left Codina in 1993, Jeb
earned huge commissions for the sale of real estate to Japanese investors. Jeb
also sold water pumps to Nigeria in a questionable deal involving Nigeria's
military junta, M&W Pump, and another Bush company, Bush-El. These deals
occurred at the same time that Jeb Bush was enmeshed in the savings and loan
scandal involving Florida-based financial institutions. As reported by WMR last
November, the politically-powerful St. Joe Company has a significant investment
in the Codina Group. After Jeb Bush became governor, he took care of his real
estate business friends, selling them state-owned land at cut rate prices.
Joining the Bush brothers in Coral Gables were the Florida Cuban-American GOP
congressional team of Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who best represents
the fact that America's foreign policies on the Middle East and Latin America
have been outsourced to two vocal and politically powerful special interests --
the Israeli and Cuban exile lobbies. Ros Lehtinen's mother was a Jewish-Cuban
refugee from Cuba. Joining the Bush brothers in the Florida death watch huddle
were another GOP brother team, Representatives Lincoln and Mario-Diaz Balart.
The brothers Bush and Balart and Ros-Lehtinen and Codina have their eyes set on
lucrative real estate development schemes for post-Castro Cuba. The fact that
oil has been discovered in Cuban waters has also earned the interest of the
Bush-Cheney petroleum cartel. The Bush crime family and their associates see
Cuba as a place where they can either force European and Canadian hotels to pay
original land owners compensation for deals made with the Castro government or
forfeit their properties to Miami-based Cubans working in concert with
multi-billionaire non-Cuban GOP moguls, including another major Bush donor in
Florida, real estate developer, GOP financier, pro-Israel activist, and former
ambassador to Australia and Italy, Mel Sembler. Like buzzards and hyenas waiting
for the death of an old elephant, the Bush cartel and their Florida friends are
anxiously awaiting the death of Castro in order to devour the self-sufficient
nation he and his fellow Cuban revolutionaries took so long to build. And there
is little wonder that the Cuban government insists on keeping Fidel Castro's
medical condition secret. They, too, are aware of the Coral Gables GOP confab
and have said they do not want to tip off the plotters to the north about their
leader's condition."
Probers Want U.S.
To Block Assets Of Cuba at UBS 10/14/2005 NY Sun: "The
efforts are part of an ongoing probe into alleged money laundering by the Swiss
bank that gained steam this week after Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican of
Florida, announced that the House International Relations Committee will launch
an investigation this session." [never mind any investigation of Ross-Lehtinen
family interests in narcotrafficking]
SOON
TO BE LAUNCHED IN PARIS • A book revealing the FBI’s terrorist Miami
connection 9/7/2005 Granma: ""The hopes of
the agents and police officers were quickly extinguished. Pesquera, they said,
began to fraternize with key members of the exile leadership, such as Alberto
Hernández (formerly of the CANF); Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Domingo Otero (another
former CANF hardliner) and Roberto Martín Pérez (...) Pesquera, according to
an agent in his office, quickly made a brusque turn toward the right, and all
investigations related to terrorism were abandoned.""
Jim
DeFede: A victim of the Miami mafia? 8/5/2005 Granma: "In
his article titled “Terror is terror, whether it’s in London or Cuba,”
DeFede criticized comments by Cuban-born Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
about what she called the “barbaric” terrorist attack in London. DeFede
wrote: “Strong words. What But where was the congresswoman's outrage when she
came to the defense of Luis Posada Carriles, a man who bragged about
masterminding a series of hotel bombings in Havana that killed an Italian
tourist? A man suspected of blowing up a Cuban airliner?"
Diaz
Balart and Ros-Lehtinen sought freedom for terrorist Luis Posada Carriles 7/3/2005 Havana
Journal: "Two years ago, when anti-Castro militant Luis Posada
Carriles was imprisoned here for his role in an alleged plot to assassinate
Cuban President Fidel Castro, South Florida’s three Cuban-American members of
Congress lobbied the Panamanian government to pardon him. But today, with Posada
in the United States seeking political asylum after sneaking into the country
illegally, the same lawmakers—Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart and
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen—have remained quietly on the sidelines."
Iran
intelligence gaining foothold in US? 6/2/2005 Iran Focus: "“Aside
from renewing the ineffective economic sanctions against Iran, Section 302 of
the bill provides for support for groups opposing the current Iranian regime,”
the message added. “Since Representative Ros-Lehtinen is one of the strongest
supporters in Congress of the MKO/MEK, one assumes that this proposed
appropriation is designed to go to them, at least in part. The Human Rights
Watch report on the MKO/MEK would seem to disqualify them from funding under the
provisions of the bill.” Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the Middle East and Central
Asia sub-committee in the House of Representatives, has been supportive of
Iranian exiles’ efforts to bring about fundamental change in Iran. In an
interview after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, Ros-Lehtinen said
of the MeK, “In no meeting or briefing I have ever attended has anyone called
this group an anti-U.S., terrorist organization.” She said there was “wide
support” in Congress for the MeK and that it will be “one of the leading
groups in establishing secular government in Iran.”" [Ros-Lehtinen is a
right wing rep from Florida]
Members
push tougher line on Iran 6/1/2005 The Hill: "A
bill by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Iran had attracted 263 co-sponsors
before the recess - well beyond a majority of 218 needed to pass the House. Sen.
Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a possible presidential candidate in 2008, has introduced
a companion bill that is identical to the version by Ros-Lehtinen. House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently signed on to the bill, which
also has substantial Republican support - including Chief Deputy Whip Eric
Cantor (R-Va.)."
A
political assassination attempt 8/18/2004 Radio Progreso: "On
Aug. 11, in a news story headlined “Heinz-Kerry charity assailed, defended,”
The Herald reported that three Miami Republican Congresspeople – Lincoln Díaz-Balart,
his brother Mario, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – charged that “charitable
donations from Teresa Heinz-Kerry's fortune ... may have indirectly helped the
Cuban government link up to the Internet over a decade ago.”
President
Criticized Over Past Pledges About Cuba 5/21/2003 Washington
Post: "But the hastily arranged meeting did little to assuage the ire
of Cuban Americans in Congress and activists in Florida who have accused Bush of
failing to act on promises he made to crack down on Cuba during Independence Day
speeches last year, the year before and during his campaign. A terse statement
issued by Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
all Florida Republicans, said they had recommended that Bush meet with the Cuban
group after "we were informed that the White House had not yet completed
its ongoing review of U.S. policy toward the Cuban dictatorship." None of
them attended. Rep. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) was more direct, saying that Bush,
after "relentlessly" attacking Clinton policy as soft on Cuba, has
done no better. "Shame on you for not living up to your promises; shame on
you for your deceptions; and shame on you for playing on the emotions of the
Cuban American community," he said in a statement."
Ileana,
Lincoln, Money and the Media 3/7/2003 Radio Progresso,
Miami: "The Miami Herald on Feb. 27 ran an interesting story that was
translated and then mutilated by El Nuevo Herald. We wonder why. The story
(“Congressional push for Latin media merger”) said in its opening paragraph
that “U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Díaz-Balart have urged
government regulators to approve a controversial $2 billion merger of leading
Spanish-language broadcasters Univisión and Hispanic Broadcasting Corp.” The
two legislators are Republicans from South Florida."
Otto
Reich and the Cuban-American Conservative Lobby 12/5/2002 Radio
Progresso: "Later on, in these ongoing relationships, we’ve had
conservative Cubans in the National Security Council – at present, Col. Emilio
González – and particularly in key posts for application of policy toward
Cuba such as AID (Agency for International Development), which provides funds
for the counter-revolutionary groups inside and outside Cuba. It is currently
directed by Adolfo Franco, former personnel chief for Congresswoman Ileana Ros.
There’s also the Federal Claims Commission, which would approve the claims of
Cuban-Americans who would benefit from a chapter of the Helms-Burton Act (if
it's ever enforced), and headed by another former Ileana Ros aide, Mauricio
Tamargo. The appointment of Otto Reich was a relevant step in this process. For
all practical purposes, he placed himself in the center of policy implementation
toward Cuba, and had considerable capacity for pressuring Latin American
governments to act in accordance with the policy’s interest. His demotion
therefore implies an inevitable step backward for the conservative
Cuban-American lobby, no matter how much influence they exercise over other
government functionaries."
Lawmakers
Want Reich's Reinstatement 12/2/2002 CNS News: "Reps.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), along with some
members of anti-Castro Cuban exile groups and other Hispanic organizations, are
laying plans to pressure Bush to re-nominate Reich."
On
George Bush's pardon of anti-Cuban terrorist Orlando Bosch 7/12/2002 World
Socialist: from 10/99 - "According to the New York Time of August 17,
1989, Cuban right-wing congressperson Ros-Lehtinen met with former President
Bush to negotiate Bosch's release. The meeting was arranged by her campaign
manager, Jeb Bush, who had earlier met with Cuban hunger strikers also demanding
the release. Bosch was pardoned on July 18, 1990 and the New York Times was the
lonely voice denouncing Bush's pardon on an editorial published July 20,
1990."
Who
is a terrorist? 5/31/2002 CIP: "These elements in
Florida who have helped to harbor terrorists are President George W. Bush's
closest political allies in the state. Indeed, some months ago, he nominated
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's chief of staff, Mauricio Tamargo, for an important
position in the federal government. And Otto Reich, one of the hardest of the
hard-line Cuban-Americans and a close associate of the Cuban American National
Foundation, has been appointed assistant secretary of state for Latin Americans
affairs. Roger Noriega, formerly of Sen. Jesse Helm's staff, is now our
ambassador to the OAS. In short, those who have condoned terrorism now seem to
be running our Latin American policy."
THE
PRESIDENT'S FAVOURITE TERRORISTS 4/29/2002 Squall, UK: "Furthermore
Ros-Lehtinen, the woman who secured Bosch's release from detention in 89, was
made George W Bush's spokesperson on human rights at the end of January this
year, when she was appointed Chair of the Subcommittee on International
Operations and Human Rights. To cap it all, Lehtinen's legal advisor, Chief of
Staff and fellow anti-Castro activist, Mauricio Tamargo, was appointed President
of the Federal Legal Committee of the US Justice Department late last year; a
position responsible for overseeing all legal issues relating to Cuba, including
the future of the American military base, now Camp X Ray, at Guantanamo
Bay."
U.S.
authorities must act against the Miami mafia and extreme right 12/20/2001 Granma: What,
there are terrorists in Miami, and the FBI does nothing? "He cited the
cases of Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, both of whom have an extensive
history of links to the CIA, and who masterminded the sabotage of a Cuban
commercial airliner in mid-flight on October 6, 1976, causing the deaths of 73
innocent persons. Orlando Bosch, Fernando pointed out, is living freely in
Miami, thanks to the parole granted by former president George Bush, in spite of
being considered a dangerous and a notorious terrorist by authorities in the
U.S. Justice Department. He charged that the influence and pressure exerted by
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican congresswoman from Florida and protector of
terrorists, was behind the presidential parole granted to Bosch. The evidence
presented by Fernando’s defense confirms that Orlando Bosch continues
conspiring in Miami to commit acts of terrorism against Cuba. The FBI is aware
of documents concerned and nobody has arrested him."
/Enlaces
www.angelfire.com/planet/islas/English/v4n11-pdf/75-77.pdf
Declaration of Principles and Objectives
Citizens Committee for Racial Integration
Havana, Cuba
Islas,
January, 2009
Ros Lehtinen funds the US representative for this group, Victoria Ruiz-Labrit
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL18]
U.S. Representative, Florida’s 18th
District
www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400344
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen
Israeli Actions in the Americas
Orlando Bosch
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Bosch
LUIS POSADA CARRILES
THE DECLASSIFIED RECORD
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB153/index.htm
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