U.S. Congressmen call for sanction on ALBA countries Posted on 4/27/13 A bipartisan group in the US House of Representatives introduced legislation yesterday to the government to impose a range of sanctions, including the denial of visas, against "officials in ALBA countries who are involved in serious human rights abuses" . The extreme rightwing Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, and Albio Sires, DN.J., both with ties to the Cuban-American terrorist mafia, want to apply sanctions on government officials from countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA ), or persons acting on their behalf, "if the U.S. determines that the Executive is involved in serious human rights abuses" in those countries, reported (the Spanish News Agency) EFE. The list of sanctions includes denial of entry visas to the United States, the freezing of assets and a ban on financial transactions in the country, according to a statement from the office of Ros-Lehtinen, who chairs the committee that supports the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles in Miami. The measure, which must be approved by both houses of Congress, asks the White House to submit a report to the legislature on individuals "involved in censorship or other activities that prohibit, limit or penalize freedom of expression and assembly" of citizens in the countries of the ALBA, or "that limit access to the press or broadcast media." The bipartisan measure, contained in 23 pages, also calls for the United States, through its representative at the Organization of American States (OAS), to "defend, protect and strengthen the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights". The controversial body is virtually a dependency of the US State Department.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:42:07 +0000