led a rally in Cuba<\/a>, where he said that he does not want a confrontation with the United States, but that his country is prepared to fight if it comes to that.<\/p>\nLocal lawmakers in South Florida shared their thoughts on Trump\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says it so many times, he means it. And what does he mean? That there is going to be a change of regime in Cuba. We know that the Castros have destroyed the island, they cannot be the ones making it work again,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s closer than ever, and I think that president Trump is the one president that understands it, understands the national security risk that is Cuba right now, and that it\u2019s wrong,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez. \u201cWhat the Cuban regime is doing to its people, it\u2019s own people, and its neighbors down south, is wrong, and we have to do something about that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brigadiers\u00a0who fought in the Bay of Pigs invasion also want to see regime change as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all hope that finally, after so many years, the liberty will come to the people of Cuba. And that\u2019s the reason why we went to the Bay of Pigs, and if this happens before I die, it will be an extraordinary thing for me,\u201d said Oswaldo Inguanzo.<\/p>\n
The new museum commemorated the bravery and sacrifice of Brigade 2506, who fought to free the island.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy grandfathers were both veterans of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and their story is here for all of Miami, and all of the world to hear,\u201d said Florida State Sen. Alexis Calatayud.<\/p>\n
Since the year started, tensions between the United States and Cuba has escalated higher than any point since the Cold War, with the removal of Venezuelan president Nicol\u00e1s\u00a0Maduro, and a blockade on fuel imports.<\/p>\n
Since then, the island has had limited fuel, medicine, and supplies, with Cuba blaming the United States for the blockade.<\/p>\n
However, diplomatic talks<\/a> between the two countries are still ongoing.<\/p>\n\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) – Local South Florida leaders reacted to President Donald Trump\u2019s comments on potential action on Cuba…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-237812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}