Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon to honor Juan Manuel Salvat, owner of Miami's first Spanish-language bookseller: Libreria Universal, which will sadly be closing after his retirement in June. Having fled Castro's totalitarian grip, Juan Manuel was eager to rescue the essential works of the Cuban culture. He sought to tell the story of the Cuban exile, and that is how in 1965 he founded Universal Publishing and its subsidiary, Universal Bookseller & Distributor. Since then, this company has been dedicated to the distribution and publication of books from Hispanic and Cuban authors, including my father, Enrique Ros. I thank Salvat for playing a major role in illustrating the road traveled by the exile community through the more than 1,600 published titles, while giving readers a deeper understanding of Cuba and Latin America's culture, history, politics, and literature. We will miss this great cultural leader. ____________________”