This reality of a lack of human rights and civil liberties inside Cuba started in 1959 where Cuba's record of throwing people into prison, just because they are prisoners of conscience, began when thousands and thousands of political prisoners were put in jail by the Castro communist totalitarian dictatorship.
Rivera traces Cuba's human rights abuses back to the 1959 revolution.
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I think the President was signaling to our allies like Poland, a great ally, that we are willing to throw them under a bus.
Well, of course that contact did not begin with this administration. We have always had travel, family unification and other types of licensed travel to Cuba, and it hasn't resulted in any democratic reforms.
I urge all of my colleagues to work with me to ensure the passage of the Judgment Evading Foreign States Accountability Act.
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