Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart Blasts Kerry for Two-Sided Cuba Policy

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart Blasts Kerry for Two-Sided Cuba Policy

July 1, 2004

WASHINGTON-Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) today released the following statement denouncing John Kerry's two-sided Cuba strategy:

"Once again, John Kerry is trying to be on both sides of an issue. He says he supports the Cuba embargo, but then he wants to allow travel, which is 90 percent of what the embargo is. Either he does not know what he is talking about or he is blatantly lying. Either way, Kerry is clearly incapable of handling foreign policy.

"Kerry may claim to be 'committed to seeing the end to the Castro regime,' but he has a long record in the Senate of
supporting whatever the anti-American, terrorist dictator Castro wants. While he claims to support policies that would hasten the end of Castro's regime, Kerry actually supports Castro-friendly policies that would strip the United States of the only leverage we have to encourage a democratic transition. Kerry's policy would provide Castro the funding he needs and wants to continue oppressing the Cuban people and would allow him to once again spread