Miami-Dade Commissioner: "The regime has never returned what it took and has never respected private property."

The Miami-Dade County Commissioner, Natalie Milian Orbis, criticized the Cuban government and .

In a post published on the social network X, the official stated that the communist dictatorship confiscated property from millions of Cuban families, including her own.

"The Cuban communist dictatorship stole homes, businesses, land, and savings from millions of families. My own family is among them," he wrote.

Milian Orbis added that anyone willing to invest in Cuba should keep the regime's history in mind.

"Anyone willing to invest money in a system that has already taken everything once should not be surprised when it happens again. The regime has never returned what it seized and has never respected private property," he pointed out.

The commissioner has stated repeatedly that as long as the Cuban government continues to refuse to allow free and competitive elections, persecutes dissidents, and does not recognize property rights, the United States should not legitimize or finance its hold on power.

It has also been stated that the Cuban community in exile has made sacrifices too great to accept an agreement that leaves the people of the island without democracy, without respect for human rights, and without restitution of confiscated property.

These principles are outlined in the Liberty Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act, signed by President Bill Clinton on March 12, 1996.

The statements by Milian Orbis come amid a growing political debate in the United States, after the Cuban government acknowledged contacts with Washington, a scenario that various exiled actors interpret as a sign of the weakness the regime faces due to the economic and social crisis affecting the island.