Havana, Monday, October 24th, 2011. Year 14 / Number 295
October
20th, 2011
Cuban Children
Are a Menace to U.S. Security, Ros-Lehtinen Says
JEAN-GUY ALLARD
Florida-based Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said that the
presence of Cuban children’s theatre group La Colmenita in the United
States "undermines US foreign policy priorities and endangers national
security interests." Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the House of
Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, is well known for supporting
Cuban-American terrorist groups based in Miami.
La Colmenita, a Cuban theatre troupe made up of 22 children aged 6 to
15, is currently on a tour of the United States, at the invitation of
the US-based Brownstone Foundation and the International Committee for
the Liberation of the Cuban Five.
Children
of La Colmenita visit the US Congress
In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Ros-Lehtinen voiced her "concerns" about the visit of La Colmenita to
the US. She argued that the US Staste Department had granted visas to
"an organization which hails convicted spies as heroes," alluding to the
Cuban Five imprisoned in US jails.
Lehtinen reviled the Cuban "spies" as having perpetrated illegal actions
against "our homeland." Later on, she condemned Cuba-US joint
programs promoting cultural and educative exchange; and called on Hilary
Clinton to submit to the House Foreign Affairs Committee a detailed
report of funds earmarked to support cooperation projects with Cuba.
Finally, she said she would have to see the termination of US-Cuba
cultural exchange activities once and for all.
Reflecting the animosity felt towards the Cuban system, Ros-Lehtinen
even dared to suggest the existence of child prostitution in Cuba─ a
total irony given that Miami, where she lives, has become a breeding
ground for internet pornography worldwide.
Shortly after visiting the US Congress as part of their tour agenda, La
Colmenita performed at Washington’s American University, receiving much
applause.
The program of presentations includes shows at US schools and cultural
centers, as well as a special performance at the UN headquarters in New
York. A few days from now, the organization will hold its annual vote
regarding the need to put an end to the US economic blockade of Cuba.
A steadfast supporter of Cuban-born and self-confessed terrorist Luis
Posada Carriles, Ros-Lehtinen is well known for financing and
associating with Miami terrorist groups. She also stirred controversy by
calling for the assassination of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro on
a British documentary entitled "638 Ways to Kill Castro". In
addition, she is a strong supporter of Israel and Israeli illegal
settlements in Palestinian territory.
Curiously, Ros-Lehtinen does not say a word about Carlos Alberto Cremata,
the founder and director of La Colmenita, in her letter to Hilary
Clinton.
Cremata is the son of a victim of the 1976 midair bombing of a Cuban
airliner, which killed all passengers on board, including the Cuban
national fencing team ─ a horrendous crime masterminded by Luis Posada
Carriles.
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art004.html
http://cafefuerte.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Ros-Lehtinen-Letter-to-Secretary-Clinton-re-La-Colmenita.pdf
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