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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CONTRACTS WITH CASTRO'S PARTNER
Miami-Dade Contracts With Castro's Partners

From CapitolHillCubans.com:
 
Former Brazilian President Lu
la da Silva retuned to Cuba last week to talk business with his old friends (and dictators) Fidel and Raul Castro.

The biggest gift of Lu
la's presidency for the Castro brothers was an $800 million project to expand the Port of Mariel.

The company responsible for this project is Brazilian engineering and construction firm, Odebrecht.

Odebrecht's Cuban partner in this venture is Zona Desarrollo Integral Mariel, S.A. (ZDIM) -- part of the Cuban military's business conglomerate overseen by Col. Luis Alberto Rodriguez Callejas, Raul Castro's son-in-law.

(Odebrecht is also a major business partner of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez).


Just another unscrupulous foreign company seeking to profit from the Cuban people's suffering.

But to add insult to injury -- Odebrecht is also one of Miami-Dade County's biggest contractors.

 
Odebrecht's Miami-Dade projects have included the $2.85 billion North Terminal Development Program at Miami Airport, the $280 million Performing Arts Center and most recently a $370 million metrorail link.


The Miami-Dade County Commission, which has awarded Odebrecht these projects, has been under a great deal of scrutiny lately -- and rightfully so.


We usually don't comment on local and state politics -- but how could Odebrecht continue to be awarded Miami-Dade contracts (to this day) despite it's partnership with the brutal Castro dictatorship (since at least 2009)?

Cuban-American (and Venezuelan-American) taxpayers in Miami-Dade County should demand accountability for this affront.