![]() ![]() Cruz has long fought to honor the legacy of Oswaldo Payá and has led a bipartisan effort to rename the street in front of the Cuban Embassy since 2015. This week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that the Castro regime was responsible for Payá’s death. “It is long overdue for the Cuban dictatorship to honor Payá’s and Cepero’s dream for a more open society and to stop blaming the Cuban people’s suffering on anyone but their own cruel ineptitude, mismanagement, and self-enrichment.”Īn outspoken activist for free speech, democracy, and human rights, Payá was killed in a suspicious car crash on July 22, 2012. “The culpability for Payá’s and Cepero’s death also speaks to the many Cuban prisoners of conscience and political prisoners who have been and continue to be censored, jailed, harassed, or tortured for simply demanding even a semblance of political or economic freedom enjoyed by most of the Latin American and Caribbean region. The Castro regime harassed Payá and Cepero relentlessly, leading to the tragic end of their lives. Instead of respecting the people’s demands for basic human freedoms, the Cuban dictatorship cravenly altered the constitutional provision allowing for the public to petition for such change. “Payá led a heroic and brave nonviolent movement that gathered thousands of signatures to petition for basic political freedoms under a plebiscite allowed under the Cuban constitution. After years of petty and cowardly harassment of Cuban patriot and democracy activist Oswaldo Payá, responsibility for his tragic death and that of his colleague, Harold Cepero, rests with the Cuban dictatorship. ![]() The senators said, “At last, we have a clear verdict on what was suspected all along. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) released a joint statement after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released its findings in the suspicious death of Cuban pro-freedom leader Oswaldo Payá. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sens. 6, 2021, "a dark day for Congress and our country," adding, "This disgraceful scene was antithetical to the rule of law.WASHINGTON, D.C. On Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released a statement calling Jan. "The GOP has a duty to condemn the riot and those who refuse to acknowledge it," Rove wrote. Karl Rove, another prominent Republican, wrote an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal in which he attacked members of his own party who have sought to excuse the actions of people who violently attacked the Capitol, as well as those who "aided the attempt to overthrow our democracy." "We should also agree on a bipartisan basis to ask some questions: Was it organic and spontaneous, or was it organized and premeditated?" Padilla asked, noting that Republicans in the Senate had quashed attempts to establish a bipartisan panel to investigate those questions. Alex Padilla, a Democrat from California, said that he appreciated Cruz's recognition of the attack, which he called a deadly assault on the U.S. ![]() Politics They believe in Trump's 'Big Lie.' Here's why it's been so hard to dispelĪmong Democrats, some welcomed Cruz's remarks, even as they called it hypocritical for him to seek the moral high ground after voting against certifying the 2020 election results that cemented Joe Biden's defeat of Trump. ![]()
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