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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke at a press conference outside of The White House hosted by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL). Rubio condemned the Biden Administration’s policy of appeasement and concessions to far-left regimes and governments in our region.
Watch Rubio’s remarks in both English and Spanish and read a transcript below.
“A couple of years ago…, that house that stands behind us, that White House, was a bastion for freedom and liberty in this hemisphere. Oftentimes, I and Congressman Díaz-Balart and other members of our delegation—María Elvira Salazar, who’s here, Congressman Giménez, obviously Senator Rick Scott after he was elected in 2018—oftentimes we went into that building, we went into that Oval Office, and we talked to the president of the United States. And he made Cuba a priority. He made Venezuela a priority. He made Nicaragua a priority. He made it a priority. There was activism and there [were] things going on. And they were looking for ways that they could further the cause of freedom.
“Today, there’s nothing. Nothing comes out of this White House that’s proactive on the cause of liberty and freedom in the region…. They have a position, and the position is largely to be agnostic and just to stay on the status quo with some of the changes that [were] made. But they’ve done nothing active, that’s for sure. And the reason is simple. Sadly, in that building that’s behind me, there are people working at the National Security Council and this White House who are against all the things that happened.
“Just two years ago, they were against the additional sanctions on the regime in Cuba. They were against supporting the interim government in Venezuela and against the sanctions against the Venezuelan government. They were against the sanctions that we put in place against Nicaragua. They were against all of these things. And these are the people that are running Western Hemispheric affairs in the building behind us now.
“I’m selling a prediction, so you understand it now. After these midterms, after November, what you are going to see is a full effort to try to recalibrate policy towards Cuba, to get rid of more and more of those sanctions and to appease that regime.
“What you’re going to see after November is they’re going to say that the new Colombian government is asking us to reopen diplomatic recognition of the Maduro regime, so that’s what the U.S. is going to do, and that’s what you’re going to see.
“After the election, what you’re going to see is some way to try to get back into a working relationship with Murillo. And I say Murillo, because Ortega is there, but I’m not sure how much he calls the shots anymore. But his wife is crazy, and she’s evil, and she calls the shots. And so I think that’s what you’re going to see after these midterms.”
El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) habló en una rueda de prensa en las afueras de La Casa Blanca organizada por el Senador Rick Scott (R-FL). Rubio condenó la política de apaciguamiento y concesiones por parte de la Administración Biden a los regímenes y gobiernos de extrema izquierda en nuestra región.
Vea el video de los comentarios de Rubio tanto en inglés como en español. Lea la transcripción de lo que dijo Rubio a continuación.
“Yo me acuerdo hace solamente dos años que en este edificio esa Casa Blanca era un lugar donde había activismo hacia la causa de la libertad en la región. Aquí todos estos miembros de esta delegación y de estos grupos que están aquí, muchísimas veces entraron a esa Casa Blanca, se reunían incluso con el presidente y él tomó acciones. El presidente Trump tomó acciones concretas en contra del régimen en Cuba, el régimen en Nicaragua, contra el régimen en Venezuela.
“Durante los últimos dos años, esta nueva Casa Blanca no ha hecho absolutamente nada. Para ellos no es una prioridad. Lo que sí han hecho es mandar personas a reunirse con el régimen de Maduro en Venezuela, lo que sí han hecho es reunirse con el régimen cubano para tratar de buscar una manera de reabrir y de mandar más personal a la embajada. Han hecho algunas cosas, pero no hablan mucho de Nicaragua y la razón es muy simple: dentro de esa Casa Blanca están trabajando personas, en el equipo de trabajo, que están encargados de los temas de la región que son simpatizantes de estos regímenes.
“La persona encargada del tema de Cuba en el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional es una mujer que hace solamente dos años estaba coordinando viajes a Cuba, mano a mano con el régimen. Son personas que se pronunciaron claramente en contra de las sanciones en contra de Maduro, en contra de Ortega en Nicaragua.
“Y lo que le digo ahora es que después de estas elecciones en noviembre, lo que van a ver es que esta Casa Blanca va a buscar la manera de reabrir el enlace con el régimen en Cuba, porque eso es lo que está pidiendo la base de la izquierda. Y vamos a ver que van a decir: ‘Bueno, el nuevo gobierno de Colombia está buscando que nosotros nos arreglemos con Maduro. Ellos van a reconocer a Maduro, tenemos que hacerlo también porque los colombianos nos lo están pidiendo’.
“Eso es lo que van a hacer después de noviembre. Acuérdense que se los dije hoy. Así que nosotros seguimos siempre juntos a todos estos grupos. Para nosotros siempre estos temas van a ser prioridad y seguiremos dándole prioridad a la causa de la libertad en Cuba, Venezuela y en Nicaragua”.