WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for the South Florida Sun Sentinel highlighting the Biden administration’s complete abandonment of Latin America and those fighting for their freedoms under brutal regimes in countries like Cuba and Venezuela. This letter follows President Joe Biden ignoring Senator Rick Scott’s request to invite Juan Guaidó, the democratically-elected President of Venezuela, to attend the Summit of Americas and show the United States’ unwavering support for freedom and democracy across the Western Hemisphere on the world stage.

In his op-ed, Senator Rick Scott wrote, “In March, I wrote in these pages that President Joe Biden had completely abandoned Latin America.

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Joe Biden claims to promote human rights, freedom and democracy in Latin America, but his failure to invite the legitimate President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, to the Summit showed that Biden’s claims are hollow.

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...the Biden administration has doubled down on its failed appeasement policies toward the illegitimate regimes in Cuba and Venezuela even as these brutal dictatorships viciously oppress their people.

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Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results has exposed Joe Biden and his policies for who and what they truly are: insane.

The Summit of the Americas was Biden’s perfect opportunity to firmly stand with our democratic allies...

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In Cuba, more than a thousand democracy activists, some as young as 14 years old, have been unjustly imprisoned for nearly a year. Activists like José Daniel Ferrer are being physically and psychologically tortured. Their families are being denied visits.

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In Venezuela, thousands face starvation — the results of Maduro’s failed socialist policies. Sadly, but predictably, the summit came and went without even an attempt from the administration to denounce these regimes.

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Biden’s failed summit is the perfect encapsulation of his administration’s terrible approach to foreign policy.

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As the leader of the free world, the U.S. president must promote democracy everywhere. It’s a role in which Biden and his administration have failed horrifically.

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It’s time for Joe Biden to stand against the thugs who are oppressing the people of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba.”

Read the full op-ed in the South Florida Sun Sentinel HERE.

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