Florida Lawmaker Proud to be Spied Upon by Chavistas

El Nuevo Herald reported Sunday that Maduro uses a network of “patriots” to the Bolivarian Revolution on U.S. soil  to peer into the activities of NGOs and lawmakers unfriendly to the regime. The paper singled out Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.). Ros-Lehtinen, the former chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and current head of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, responded to the report in a statement noting she’s proud to be spied upon by Hugo Chavez’s hand-picked successor. “I’m greatly honored that this despotic regime that imprisons innocent opposition leaders, denies basic human rights to all and kills students peacefully demonstrating in the streets would find me to be a thorn in its side. Being a target of an autocratic regime, whether it is the Castro brothers or Nicolas Maduro, is a badge of honor,” the congresswoman said. More…