| (WASHINGTON) - U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commented today on the trip to Cuba by Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, where he met with Fidel Castro. Statement by Ros-Lehtinen:
“Having just adopted Castro’s tactic of forming ‘revolutionary’ committees to spy on and intimidate dissenters, one must wonder what further guidance Correa is seeking from the Cuban tyrant.
“The ALBA gang – led by Castro and Hugo Chavez and joined by Correa, Ortega, and Morales – is working overtime to stamp out any spark of democracy in the region, particularly after Zelaya, one of their own, was prevented from carrying out ALBA’s repressive agenda in Honduras.
“We do not know what marching orders Correa received from Castro. We do know that these enemies of freedom will not rest until they have successfully reversed the Hemisphere’s democratic momentum. It is incumbent upon responsible democratic nations to push back and thwart ALBA’s assault.”
Note: This is Correa’s second visit this year to Cuba. During his first trip in January, he met with Raul Castro.
A delegation of foreign ministers from member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS) is visiting Honduras starting today to review the situation there.
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