Rubio Speaks To Cuban Dissident On Hunger Strike, Expresses Solidarity #juntoacoco Capitol Hill Cubans July 31, 2016
Rubio Speaks To Cuban Dissident On Hunger Strike, Expresses Solidarity
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke this morning with Guillermo "Coco" Fariñas, a prominent Cuban dissident leader who is currently on the 9th day of a hunger strike in protest of the Castro regime's repression against him and the Cuban people.
A partial transcript of Rubio's comments to Fariñas is below.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio Phone Call with Guillermo "Coco" Fariñas July 29, 2016 Doral, FL
Senator Marco Rubio: "For our part, we will keep praying for you. We will keep talking about you. We will keep highlighting your case. And I wanted you to know that I called you today to let you know that we are with you.
For us, it would be a great loss. I know you've made a personal decision, and I don't want to question it or stand in the way. But I want to share with you that I believe your voice is very important in this, and it would be a shame to lose your voice and activism, because I honestly don't know who would replace you.
We pray that there is a response to what you are asking for. It's not irrational to stop the beatings, for someone to be assigned on behalf of the government to speak about what the change in posture going forward will be.
What we face today is difficult, but I believe that in the history of the cause of a free Cuba, when Cuba is free one day - and it will happen, you can be sure of it - the name of Guillermo 'Coco' Fariñas will be part of a very important chapter. And I believe that the moment in which we are living now will be part a very important part of that chapter about how liberty returned to Cuba."
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