MIAMI, United States. – The Republican senator for the state of Florida, Rick Scott, asked the president of the United States, Joe Biden, on Wednesday not to allow the entry of the dictators Miguel Díaz-Canel, Nicolás Maduro and Daniel Ortega to the General Assembly of the United Nations , which will take place next September in New York.
In a letter to which he had access The New HeraldScott explained to Biden that denying the entry of the rulers of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua is consistent with the values of freedom and democracy.
The former governor of Florida called on the president to “defend freedom and democracy in Latin America and do the right thing to protect the security interests of the United States by denying entry to these three thugs and their cronies.”
“These oppressive dictators and their regimes participate in activities that continue to threaten the stability of Latin America and the national security of the United States,” said Scott, who recalled that the Cuban regime continues to be one of the state sponsors of terrorism.
The senator pointed out that Ortega remains in power in Nicaragua after elections considered fraudulent and recalled that the Sandinista boss “spent most of last year jailing his political opponents.”
Likewise, he indicated that on the Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro accusations of drug trafficking promoted by the US Department of Justice itself.
“Unless the administration intends to arrest Maduro, he should not be allowed to enter the United States,” Scott said in his letter to Biden.
So far, it is unknown if Díaz-Canel, Maduro and Daniel Ortega will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
In the case of the representatives of the Cuban regimes, the last time they attended the UN conclave was in 2018. On that occasion, they participated in different events held in Manhattan, one of them held at the Riverside Church, located in the neighborhood of Harlem, in midwest Manhattan.
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