The wealthy Cuban Americans ready and waiting for Havana to fall
Cuban exiles in Florida are increasingly hopeful that regime change in Cuba is now on the horizon.
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"The intention of this evening is to gather under one roof the most prominent Cuban-American entrepreneurs in Miami-Dade County, and the objective is to be in Cuba once the regime falls."
— Juan Omar Sixto , Executive
"Together with deliveries of humanitarian aid and medical supplies, we'd go and do business in Cuba right away."
— Juan Omar Sixto , Executive
"Right now, the very high expectations created by the US administration that some kind of 'day after' was coming soon have been kicked down the road."
— Mike Bustamante , Academic
Key People
President of the Cuban-American National Chamber of Commerce and a real estate developer.
U.S. Secretary of State.
Cuban President and leader of the Communist Party.
Associate professor of history at the University of Miami.
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Cuban exiles in Florida are increasingly hopeful that regime change in Cuba is now on the horizon.
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