The Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart Department of the Treasury – Letter Regarding Travel to Cuba by Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Shawn Carter

A Cuban-American U.S. Representative from Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, is deeply anti-Castro.

The Cuban electorate in Florida can make a major difference in American politics, wielding a lot of power in this swing state. One reason is because of how the US acts against its own interest maintaining economical, cultural and diplomatic boycott of Cuba.

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Thank you for your letter of April 5, 2013, addressed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), requesting information Department of the Treasury – Letter Regarding Travel to Cuba by Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Shawn Carter

Cuban-American U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen wrote a letter to the Treasury Department in which they expressed concern about Jay-Z and Beyonce’s trip to Cuba. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been “deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime’s atrocities.”

“The restrictions on tourism travel are commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief,” they complained

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Sam Goldwyn's advice: "Never prophesy, especially about the future." Margaret Thatcher – The Lady's Not for Turning

Sam Goldwyn was a Hollywood producer during the Golden Age of Hollywood, who was famously known for his Yogi Berra-esque “Goldwynisms”

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(1) "Large capacity magazine" means any firearm magazine, belt, drum, feed strip or similar device that has the capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition Connecticut General Assembly – An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention And Children's Safety

Bans the sale of magazines containing more than ten rounds — a so-called “high-capacity magazine”

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Because if America is going to lead we expect ourselves to lead, we need to empower women here at home to participate fully in our economy and our society, we need to make equal pay a reality, we need to extending family and medical leave benefits to more workers and make them paid, we need to encouraging more women and girls to pursue careers in math and science. Hillary Clinton – Women in the World Summit Keynote Speech (April 5, 2013)

Some concrete proposals for improving American policy toward women — equal pay, family and medical paid leave benefits, and encouraging women to enter the math and science fields

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But the business is still unfinished here in the United States, we have come so far together but there's still work to be done. Hillary Clinton – Women in the World Summit Keynote Speech (April 5, 2013)

A call for women’s rights in America as well as around the world — equal pay, access to leadership positions like CEO and of course… President. This was an interesting inclusion because as Secretary of State Clinton was speaking fairly exclusively about women’s rights abroad

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Those of you who were there last night saw that remarkable film that interviewed men primarily in Pakistan, talking very honestly about their intention to continue to control the women in their lives and their reach. Hillary Clinton – Women in the World Summit Keynote Speech (April 5, 2013)

The Taliban in Pakistan have been particularly vicious toward women trying to educate themselves. 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012, but she is expected to make a full recovery