Retired Senator Mel Martinez, a Cuban-American, said the Trump administration is determined to make changes in Cuba. He linked the Freedom Tower in Miami to his family history, including his parents’ reunion with him after he was secretly taken from Cuba as part of the Peter Pan operation in the 1960s. The Freedom Tower gained additional relevance after the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a criminal indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro related to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown. Martinez said he wants Cuba to change, regardless of whether Castro faces justice in court or change occurs through another path. Activist groups opposing the U.S. embargo reported feeling pressure, including claims that the U.S. Treasury issued administrative subpoenas to members after a March trip to Cuba for humanitarian purposes.
""I think today we are living in a different day because you see an administration determined to make a change," said retired Senator Mel Martinez, from the steps of Miami's Freedom Tower."
""President Trump seems very determined to bring an end to the Cuban system," Maritnez said. "So whether Castro comes here to face justice as he rightly should or whether there's some other way change is brought about, I'm not gonna be picky about it, I just want Cuba to change.""
""I don't doubt that they are investigating us because I've heard about this for several weeks now," said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the group Code Pink. She was reacting to a report by Fox News Digital that the U.S. Treasury Department had issued administrative subpoenas to members who participated in a trip to Cuba in March. The request was reported to be an effort to determine whether U.S. sanctions were violated by members."
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