A.G. Gancarski
A year after President Barack Obama changed Cuba policy, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera released an extended statement decrying it as a disaster.
Lopez-Cantera’s Cuba statement likely will come as little surprise to those attuned to his opposition to Obama’s detente with the Castro regime.
“Today marks one year since the President’s disastrous policy to legitimize the Castro regime at the expense of the Cuban people’s right to be free. The Obama Administration’s removal of Cuba from the State Department’s list as a state sponsor of terrorism, manipulation of the facts regarding human trafficking to aid the Castros and neglecting Cuba’s valiant pro-democracy movement are just a few of the highlights of Obama’s shameful policy. The net result of this policy is an emboldened dictatorship, continued mass exodus and increased repression,” Lopez-Cantera wrote.
“Obama’s efforts to ease sanctions and grant continuous concessions to the Castro [regime],” wrote Lopez-Cantera, “sends a dangerous message to those around the world wishing to do harm to the United States of America.”
“The brave men and women on the on the ground, who know best, like The Ladies in White, Antonio Rodiles and Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ‘Antunez,’ should know that they have our continued solidarity, and that we will stand by them in their plea for the U.S. Congress to maintain the embargo on the Castros until the Cuban people regain their right to self-determination,” Lopez-Cantera added.
“Sadly,” Lopez-Cantera continued, “President Obama continues to place politics above common sense policy, making our country less safe, and less secure, as he fails to hold the Castro regime accountable. People in Florida understand how fragile freedom and liberty can be, and how quickly we can lose all we’ve worked for.”
