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Statement by Fred Thompson on the President's Speech on Cuba

October 25, 2007

McLean, VA - Senator Thompson released the following statement regarding the President's speech on Cuba policy yesterday:

"Our goal for Cuba is nothing less than the complete freedom of the Cuban people. All sanctions must remain in place as long as the current regime, or any 'transitional government,' refuses to hold free and fair elections, to release all political prisoners, to allow private enterprise to flourish, and denies the Cuban people their God-given freedoms. The United States must strengthen its ongoing efforts to build international support to isolate the Castro regime, and stand with the Cuban people. We also need to look at new ways to further weaken this regime, and hasten the democracy, freedom and self-determination of the Cuban people."

In Spanish:

"Nuestra meta para Cuba es la libertad completa del pueblo cubano. Todas las sanciones deben permanecer mientras que el régimen actual o cualquier "gobierno de transición" rehúse celebrar elecciones libres y justas, liberar a todos los presos políticos, permitir el desarrollo de la empresa privada y le niegue al pueblo de Cuba los derechos que provienen de Dios. Estados Unidos tiene que fortalecer sus esfuerzos existentes para lograr que la comunidad internacional aísle al régimen castrista y se solidarice con el pueblo cubano. También tenemos que encontrar nuevos medios para debilitar el régimen y acelerar la llegada de la democracia y la autodeterminación del pueblo cubano."

Fred Thompson, Statement by Fred Thompson on the President's Speech on Cuba Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/295793

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