Florida Representative Carlos Gimenez (R) appeared in an interview with FOX News, where he called Cuba “a cancer in our hemisphere” after scrutinizing the nation’s alliances with both China and Russia and claiming that Communist China is using the island nation to spy on the U.S.
“[China] has been using Cuba for a long time. Cuba is the cancer in our hemisphere, and they’re allies not only with China but with Russia too,” he said.
Rep. Gimenez continues to criticize countries like Venezuela and Nicaragua, which reportedly aid the Cuban regime’s international spying operations.
“Venezuela's involved in this, and so is Nicaragua. And some other countries have been making great strides in the Western Hemisphere. This is just an example of it,” he added.
Gimenez concluded the interview, claiming that the Cuban Regime has had a U.S. spying operation up for a “long time.”
The Florida congressman has held a long-time, vehement disdain for the Cuban government and its communist ideology.
He has been a large supporter of protests and actions against the regime, previously supporting student protesters after the state telecommunications company, ETECSA, implemented a tariff price hike, leaving the students with very little cellular data for the month, and making more data nearly impossible to purchase on the salary of a student.
“This is another indication, another sign that this is the beginning of the end of that Communist regime that has been ruling in Cuba for close to 70 years. In this particular case, they are demonstrating against an 800% rise in Internet rates and communications rates,” he said.
Another instance of the Florida politician’s disdain for the Cuban Regime was when he wrote to the Trump administration calling for action against the Pan American Health Organization program for its role in trafficking Cuban doctors and using their salaries to fund the government.
"These doctors were stripped of the vast majority of their wages, had their travel documents confiscated, and were placed under constant surveillance by Cuban intelligence operatives," Rep. Gimenez described, adding, "PAHO, acting as a financial intermediary, transferred over $2.3 billion from Brazil to the Cuban regime, while retaining at least $129 million for itself."
