Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050031124

May 20. finds the Cuban people still bound and gagged. more than by a MarxistLeninist. and some have called lm a fascist. more than by totalitarianism of those natures. by an Al Caponist. in his essence a gangster. an extortionist who is seeking the almighty dollar at all costs and in all ways. My community was deeply moved. Madam Speaker. last week when the news. and actually the video taken by the Brothers to the Rescue when they passed over a rook in the Caribbean that belongs to the Bahamas. appropriately named Dog Rock. and we saw a family there. actually it was a group of 14 Cuban refugees. one of them. Rolando Martinez Montoya. a prodemocracy activist. opposition leader and independent journalist. He had been given a visa by the United States to leave with his family in 1995. However. despite the agreement between the Castro dictatorship and our Government. when the Castro dictatorship. every time it wants it. It simply ignores that agreement. and even though his family had been given a visa by the United States to come to our country. the Castro regime simply Ignored the visas and did not let them out. So lie in desperation took his wife and four daughters to sea. and they landed on Dog Rock. and we saw last week how Adianet. the llyearold daughter of Rolando. died of exposure and lack of water and food on Dog Rock and how his youngest daughter. Camila. 4 years old. also died on Dog Rock. So that is where the Cuban people find themselves on this Independence Day. having to flee In that type of desperation from a 38yearold tyranny led by an Al Caponist madman. We would expect. would we not. Madam Speaker. that the press and the international media might have had the sensitivity to cover the story of the 14 Cuban refugees last week. some of whom died on Dog Rock. No. I did not see a single story on our networks. national or international.
Keywords matched
refugees visa visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
FL
Gender
M
Date
1997-05-19
Speech ID
1050031124
Paragraph
#0
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