MIAMI \u2014 In Miami\u2019s Little Havana, Amy Amargos, Joe Aguiar, and Leonel Nora were among the Cuban Americans who are convinced that the only way the island\u2019s problems will be fixed is with new leadership.<\/p>\n
Amargos stood along Calle Ocho. She faced a 12-foot-tall dark gray hexagonal marble pillar. The monument has a flame burning from a silver urn, and the engraved names of 107 Brigade 2506 fighters.<\/p>\n
The CIA-trained men, known as the \u201cMartyrs of Playa Gir\u00f3n,\u201d died during the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion to get communism out of the island. The desire to free Cuba hasn\u2019t changed. <\/p>\n
\u201cGive everyone a chance to live, to breathe, and to be free,\u201d Amargos said on Tuesday. Later, she added that she wants \u201cthe whole communist regime out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aguiar and Nora agreed. They were among the Cuban Americans who said communists need to let go of their failed systems and ideas and stop blaming the U.S. <\/p>\n
\u201cLet the Cuban people have … control over their own destiny and improve their lifestyle,\u201d Aguiar said. <\/p>\n
Both President Donald Trump and Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel have both acknowledged the U.S.-Cuba talks. U.S. Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez said Cuban communists who believe in state ownership can\u2019t be trusted to make deals. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey will allow you to invest and then eventually they will take it over,\u201d Gim\u00e9nez said. \u201cThe people of Cuba should start to rise up and throw these bums out that have done this to them.\u201d <\/p>\n
After the U.S. cut the flow of Venezuelan and Mexican oil to Cuba, power outages and shortages have challenged Cubans on the island. There have been some nightly protests and vandalism. <\/p>\n
In Miami\u2019s Little Havana, Nora thinks more needs to be done. He said he would support Trump\u2019s military intervention. <\/p>\n
“I wish he would do something about it, though,” Nora said. \u201cWe are waiting on it; now is the time.\u201d <\/p>\n
More on Cuba <\/p>\n
Interactive graphic for history buffs<\/p>\n
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