SLP, Mexico.- The Republican Senator for Florida, Rick Scotthe proposed to the administration of Donald Trump “strong measures” against the Cuban regime, as transcended from his statements issued to Martí News.
In the interview granted to the press media, he expressed the importance of replacing the sanctions Against the regime, among which he listed not to grant visas to the United States to people who have fought against freedom and democracy and close the flow of money.
“Cuba is the root of instability in Latin America,” said the legislator, and pointed out that he works in Washington to promote democracy on the island. “The regime is a threat to the national security of the United States.”
In accordance with the aforementioned by Scotthe spoke with President Trump, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and with the national security advisor, Mike Waltz, about the importance of keeping Cuba in the list of sponsoring states of terrorism.
Likewise, he exalted the struggle of the Cuban political prisoners and the relevance of his testimony.
“The voice of José Daniel Ferrer and that of other dissidents are very important in the struggle for the freedom of Cuba and all Latin America. They are also Voices Important to me, ”he said. “We expect a new day of freedom for Cuba thanks to the struggle of these people.”
On the occasion of the annual retirement of the Republican legislators of the House of Representatives held in the city of Doral, in Florida, also the Cuban American congressman Mario Díaz-Balart coincided with the danger that the Cuban dictatorship represents.
“The days of concessions, unilateral and political gifts to help strengthen the regime have ended,” he said in Interview with the journalist Mario Pentón, from Martí News.
Díaz-Balart said the Trump team “understands very well that the dictatorship Cuba It is a danger ”and that, under the leadership of the president, will be” another policy “in relation to the Havana regime. The congressman added that the position of the US president and vice president is clear: “There is no confusion and there is no acceptance of the adversaries.”
Referring to the future of Cuba, he was optimistic when pointing out that “no nightmare lasts forever” and stressed that “that dictatorship (that of Cuba) is very weak.”
In that sense, he recalled the position that Donald Trump adopted in his first mandate, when – at his judgment – he was “the best ally of the cause of the freedom of Cuba, as well as the cause of the freedom of Venezuela and Nicaragua” .
Finally, Díaz-Balart emphasized that Trump will not be allowed to “blackmail” or by foreign governments or by internal sectors that seek to soften the policy towards Cuba.
