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Tampa protesters call for change in Cuba
Jordan Bowen reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Bay Area Cuban Americans held protests in Tampa Monday. A few dozen demonstrators came together on Armenia Avenue to express frustrations over conditions in the Communist country, including internet outages in the country, resulting in many having trouble contacting their loved ones.
Julianna Penton told FOX 13 News she has more than 30 family members in Cuba has not been able to video chat with them. Through text messages, they described a scary situation where people are in desperate need of supplies.
Penton and several other demonstrators were calling for an end to the country’s dictatorship.
Cuba activist Al Fox explores challenging Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate seat Romy Ellenbogen, Tampa Bay Times
One of Tampa and Florida’s most notable voices on Cuban relations is exploring a run against a man he stands in diametric opposition to: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
Albert “Al” Fox Jr., 77, has been an advocate for reestablishing relationships with Cuba for the past two decades as the president of the nonprofit he founded, Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation.
On Monday, the Democrat announced he’s forming an exploratory committee for the 2022 Senate race.
Fox said he had been mulling a run for the past year, but the Jan. 6 Capitol riot changed things for him. He had known one of the Capitol police officers who died by suicide, Howard Liebengood, since Liebengood was 10 years old, Fox said.
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When the Obama administrationâs announced it would reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2014, there was genuine excitement in the Tampa Bay area, home to the third largest population of Cuban-Americans in the country.
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