USenator uRobert Menendez, idemokhrasi enamandla evela eNew Jersey, uye wehla kwithamsanqa lakhe mva nje. Ngoku uphantsi kophando lorhwaphilizo, kwaye nangona uSenator eziphikile zonke izityholo, kulindeleke ukuba kufakwe izityholo kuye nangaluphi na usuku ngoku.
Ayiloxesha lokuqala uSenator ephandwa. Enyanisweni, eyakhe iphepha le-wikipedia ide ithathele ingqalelo icandelo elithi 'Iimpikiswano' lide kakhulu ukuba lingafundwa kwaye lifuna amacandelwana. Kutshanje, uSenator uye waba utyholwa wokusebenzisa isikhundla sakhe sikarhulumente ukunceda umhlobo wakhe osekudala nomnikeli, uGqr. Soloman Melgen.
Kwi-2008, xa uDkt Melgen ephikisana nokugqithisa i-Medicare, uSen. Menendez wasebenzisa isikhundla sakhe kwiKomiti yezeMali ukunyusa ukuguqulwa komgaqo-nkqubo we-Medicare multidosing - utshintsho oluya kubangela izigidi zeedola ngaphezulu kwesenzo sikaMelgen. UMenendez naye wasebenzisa amandla akhe ukukholisa iSebe lezoKhuseleko lweLizwe ukuba lingaboneleli ngezixhobo zokuhlola imithwalo kwiRiphabhliki yaseDominican ekubeni iya kulimaza inzuzo evela kwinkampani yabucala yaseMelgen, ebonelela ngezixhobo ezifanayo.
Kuzo zombini iimeko ze-Medicare kunye ne-Homeland Security, nawuphi na umonakalo kwiimali zikaDkt Melgen mhlawumbi uyonakalisa imali ye-Senator Menendez. Kwi-2012 kuphela, uDkt Melgen wafumana $ 21 yezigidi zeedola kwimbuyekezo evela kwiMedicare. Naye, uye wanikela ngesisa kwiKomiti yeDemocratic Senatorial Campaign (DMCC), kubandakanywa iminikelo engaphezulu $ 1 yezigidi zeedola kumaphulo kunye neekomiti uMendez wasebenza kuzo. UDkt Melgen uye waba nesisa kakhulu kwiminyaka kwizipho azinike uMendez. “USen. Ubudlelwane buka-Menendez noGqr. (ABASEBENZI). Ekubeni uphando luqalisile, uMenendez uzame ukucoca isenzo sakhe ngokubhala izipho zangasese kunye neziphoso ezinikwe nguDkt Melgen, kuquka nokubuyisela i-$ 60,000 kwiinqwelo ezininzi zeenqwelomoya azithatha kwinqwelomoya yangasese yaseMelgen.
Ukumangalelwa kukaMenendez kuya kuba lusizi kwintsapho yakhe, umsebenzi wakhe, kunye nodumo lwakhe, kodwa oko kunokubangela uxolo lwehlabathi. Ngoxa i-Menendez iqhubela phambili kwimiba efana nokuguqulwa kokufudukela kwamanye amazwe kunye namalungelo angama-gay, uyi-hawk kwimiba emibini ebalulekileyo yomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle: i-Iran neCuba. Njengelungu lenqanaba leKomiti yoBudlelwane baNgaphandle, impembelelo yakhe yolondolozo iphosa i-wrench kwiingxoxo zoLawulo kunye nezizwe zombini. Ukubethelela izikhundla zikaMongameli u-Obama kunye noninzi lwabalingane bakhe beDemokhrasi kwiCongress, uMendez uye waba "zixabiseke ngokwezopolitiko" kwiqela leRiphabhlikhi. Inyaniso, ngaphezulu kwamaRiphabhlikhi bagxeka ngaphandle iSebe lezoBulungisa ngophando lwalo lweMenendez kunabalingane bakhe beDemokhrasi.
Njengoyena uphezulu kwaba bathathu baseLatinos kwiSenethi (bonke bephuma kwinzala yaseCuba), uMenendez unokudlala indima yobunkokeli ekuhlaziyeni ubudlelwane neCuba emva kweminyaka engama-54 yomgaqo-nkqubo ongaphumelelanga. Kunoko, uMendez uyachasa ukuvulwa. Kwintlanganiso yekomitana yoBudlelwane baMazwe angaPhandle ngesi sihloko, UMendez uthe "Yayisisivumelwano esibi, kwaye ndiza kuchasa naluphi na utshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo wase-US - naluphi na uncedo olongezelelweyo lwezohlwayo - olungamiselwanga kwimvumelwano ecacileyo, yangaphambili evela kulawulo lweCastro eqhubela abantu baseCuba kurhulumente wedemokhrasi okhululekileyo novulelekileyo."
Ngexesha labathunywa beCODEPINK bamva nje besiya eCuba, owayesakuba nguMongameli weNdibano yeSizwe yaseCuba uRicardo Alarcon wabiza amagosa ase-US afana noMendez ngenxa yokuhanahanisa kwabo. "I-US iyaqhubeka nokuxhasa amazwe afana neSaudi Arabia angalamkeliyo ilungelo labasetyhini kodwa endaweni yoko igxile kwinto eyithethayo kukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu eCuba."
I-Menendez ikwaxhasa i-embargo yaseCuba ekhubazekileyo eyenza abantu baseCuba bahlwempuzeke kwaye ibakhanyele ukuthengwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe, kubandakanya iteknoloji yezonyango evela kwiinkampani zase-US.
Njengelungu leCaucus yamaLungelo oLuntu ngaphakathi kweSenethi, uMenendez kufuneka aqaphele inkqubo yokulungelelanisa njengendlela yokunyusa abantu baseCuba. Kuya kufuneka akhuthaze ukusebenzisana ngakumbi phakathi kwamaCuba namaMelika ngokuphakamisa izithintelo zokuhamba zase-US.
Ngelishwa, i-Mendez imbi ngakumbi xa ifika kwi-Iran. Ungumbhali-mbhali we-bill ye-Kirk-Menendez, oye wasongela iingxoxo zenyukliya phakathi kwe-US ne-Iran ngokubeka izigwebo ezongezelelweyo kulawulo lwase-Iranian ngaphambi kokuba isivumelwano sifikelelwe. Isikhundla sikaMenendez seso sininzi seNkongolo yeRiphabhlikhi, ebaluleke kakhulu kwiingxoxo ze-Iran ngenxa yokulungelelaniswa kwabo ne-AIPAC (iKomiti yeMicimbi yoLuntu yaseMelika yaseMelika) kunye norhulumente wase-Israel.
Abantu base-Irani baye basongela ukuhamba besuka kwitafile yeengxoxo ukuba iCongress ivotele ukuphumeza izohlwayo ezongezelelweyo, eyona nto i-bill ye-Kirk-Menendez ijolise ukuyenza. NgokweZiko lokuLawulwa kweArms kunye nokuNgandenzi, "Lo mthetho uyilwayo [uKirk-Menendez] ngamanyathelo awo amaninzi okuvala ifestile yonxibelelwano ne-Iran, unokuphelisa ulawulo lwezohlwayo lwezizwe ngezizwe kwaye ukhokelele kwi-Iran exhobileyo okanye kwi-Iran. Imfazwe apho imikhosi yase-US inokuba ngabathathi-nxaxheba. "
Isityholo seSebe lezoBulungisa-kunye nokugwetywa-kaMenendez malunga nokwaphulwa kwemigaqo yokuziphatha kuya kufaneleka kwi-senator. UMendez akadlali nje ngokukhululeka ngokuthanda uGqr Melgen; udlala ngokukhululekileyo ngemiba yemfazwe noxolo. Abantu baseNew Jersey, kunye nelizwe lonke, bafanelwe ngcono.
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