Hernando Calvo Ospina In August 1991, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of Cuban origin, recently arrived in the U.S. Congress, began an arduous campaign to have the Pan American Games headquarters withdrawn from Cuba. She failed to do so and even the U.S. delegation made a presence. The following year, she supported the Torricelli Act, which sought to stifle the Cuban economy, taking advantage of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen As she …
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Hernando Calvo Ospina In August 1991, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, of Cuban origin, recently arrived in the U.S. Congress, began an arduous campaign to have the Pan American Games headquarters withdrawn from Cuba. She failed to do so and even the U.S. delegation made a presence. The following year, she supported the Torricelli Act, which sought to stifle the Cuban economy, taking advantage of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen As she …