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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis supported the demand that the Cuban regime return the properties confiscated in the 1960s as a minimum condition to progress in any negotiations with Cuba.
“At a minimum, this has to happen,” DeSantis wrote on the social media platform X, in response to a comment from user Rob Sanchez Jr., who stated that all expropriated properties must be returned to their owners before reaching agreements with Havana.
The exchange took place amid a debate sparked by previous statements from DeSantis himself, who had warned that certain proposals regarding Cuba “would not sit well in Hialeah,” referring to the Cuban-American community in South Florida.
The discussion arises from a report by journalist Nora Gámez Torres, who indicated that the Cuban regime might announce economic reforms that would allow Cuban Americans to invest in and own private businesses on the Island.
The proposal has generated mixed reactions, particularly among sectors of the exile community who believe it is essential to first address the historical claims regarding properties confiscated after the triumph of the revolution.
DeSantis's support for this stance reinforces a steadfast line within the political debate in the United States regarding any potential economic rapprochement with the Cuban regime.
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