January 28 marks the 58th anniversary of the founding of La Rosa Blanca, or as it is known in English, The White Rose. Founded by Rafael Diaz-Balart, The White Rose is an important organization that is dedicated to opposing Castro's Communist tyranny and to offering a blueprint for Cuba's future reconstruction. It promotes democracy and freedom and prepares for the day that Cuba will finally be returned to the people of Cuba. These ideas are embodied in The White Rose Institute, which is a nonprofit that was started by Rafael's son, my dear friend and legislative brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The White Rose Institute will honor two Cuban leaders who have come to embody Rafael's ideas: Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ``Antunez'' and Felicia Guillen Amador. Bravely fighting the Castro dictatorship for even the most basic of human rights, Antunez, Felicia, and those like them are the real future of Cuba, which is a future without the Castros' dictatorship, without the brutal repression. It is a future as Rafael and The White Rose envisioned--of freedom, sacred freedom. ____________________
Share
More from Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
The United States and our partners have a responsibility to do everything that we can to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the people of Venezuela.
I thank the chairman, Chairman Royce, and I commend both the Speaker and Ranking Member Engel. I am going to miss serving with you, Eliot, as Chairman Royce and I say bye-bye in just a few weeks. But I thank them for always bringing to the…
My colleague and good friend Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Spanish was perfect, ``perfecto.'' As she has pointed out, I have long supported the cause of statehood for Puerto Rico, but the lack of action on our part has kept Puerto Rico from…
I am honored to commemorate the 60th anniversary of one of our top educational institutions in south Florida: Christopher Columbus High School. Since its inception in 1958, Christopher Columbus has graduated bright and talented young men…





