Miami Anti-Cuban Mafia Rejects Reopening of Cuban Embassy in the U.S.

Congressional Republicans for Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Curbelo, expressed on Tuesday their rejection to the reopening of the Cuban embassy and announced their opposition in Congress to the appointment of the future ambassador.

"From now on Cuban spies have a base in the United States, which is the new Cuban embassy," Curbelo said during a press conference in the congressional office of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Miami, Cubasi reported on Tuesday.

"This is one of the most irresponsible foreign policy that has been carried out in decades. Obama insists on embracing a government that is an enemy of the United States, a government that continues to support terrorism," Curbelo added.

Ros-Lehtinen also said that from her post in Congress "she will prevent the appointment of a U.S. ambassador" to Havana.

"We will do everything possible so that the embassy does not receive funds. So far we have been able to cancel that effort and the current administration has failed to achieve the six million dollars it is seeking for the new embassy; it has received zero," the Congresswoman told EFE.

As for the immigration status of Cubans in the United States, Ros-Lehtinen ruled out the possibility that in the short term they lose the benefits they have enjoyed since 1966 with the "Cuban Adjustment Act".

She considered that "a legislative bill would create too much controversy," but added that certainly the issue has been given a wrong treatment because "many come as political refugees but travel to the island three times a year."

In turn, Diaz-Balart dismissed the possibility of a lifting of the commercial blockade against the island, and insisted that the "last word" on the re-establishment of diplomatic and commercial relations with Cuba will come from the Senate and the Congress.

"We know that the Senate will not confirm the ambassador, and that funds have requested and have been denied. So they can change the sign of "interests section" and put the embassy sign instead but they will not be able to turn it into a real embassy."