Following a request from the company Cubamax to expand its offices, Hialeah unanimously approved a resolution that will prevent businesses linked to the Cuban regime from obtaining benefits in that city.
On Tuesday, Hialeah councilman Bryan Calvo expressed that "these businesses will not be given the opportunity to grow and receive concessions from the city of Hialeah," Telemundo 51 reported.
The mayor Esteban Bovo, for his part, said that "as a city and as a government, we will not engage in any type of business with entities that are profiting from the suffering of the Cuban people."
“I am clear that the people have their families in Cuba and want to help their relatives. I would never raise my voice against that, but feeding the government to continue repression seems like an useless proposal,” he added.
The controversy began with a request from CUBAMAX - a travel and money transfer agency to Cuba - to expand its operations, after which the local government approved a resolution to prevent any business with connections to the Cuban government from receiving concessions from the city.
Calvo stated that he was concerned about the Cuban intervention in South Florida: "For me, it is more than evident that this company CUBAMAX, which has strong ties to the Cuban government, wants to expand here in the city of Hialeah. We need to be very firm," he argued.
Although the city does not have a specific list of individuals or businesses linked to the Cuban regime, officials claim to have the necessary resources to detect them.
"Obviously there is a history, this is another step that needs to be improved," Bovo commented.
Calvo added the importance of having a stricter program to review and regulate these businesses, and emphasized that it is a government function.
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