WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Representative María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), sent a letter to President Biden urging him to defend Venezuelan presidential candidate María Corina Machado and her campaign from the concerted attacks by the Maduro regime."I am writing to you about the best opportunity we have for freedom and democracy in Venezuela and the vital need to protect...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairwoman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), has called for the inclusion of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) on the Entities of Particular Concern List for their violations of religious freedom, according to a letter sent today to Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain.“The Frente Sandinista is the political arm of the bloody Ortega-Murillo regime, and its crimes against the Catholic faithful can no longer go unpunished,” said...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a powerful letter to President Biden, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) called for the protection of Venezuelan presidential candidate María Corina Machado and her campaign against the relentless attacks by the Maduro regime.“I am writing to you about the best chance we have for freedom and democracy in Venezuela and the vital need for you to protect it,” said Chairwoman Salazar. “Maduro is frightened by the popularity of the frontrunner Maria Corina Machado...
Last Friday, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) met with Vanessa Alfonso Lupianez, a 7-year-old girl who received critical cancer treatment in the United States one year after arriving from Cuba with humanitarian parole requested personally by the Congresswoman.
On September 6, 2023, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and 27 of her colleagues reintroduced the Crucial Communism Teaching (CCT) Act (H.R. 5349) in the 118th Congress.