Although a small island only 90 miles from the USA, Cuba maintained its independence and self determination for its people despite a CIA-led invasion and crippling blockade from its powerful neighbor for decades. Over the years, anti-Cubans in Florida have grown from immigrants who turned their backs on their homeland, culture, and families. This conservative hard right have masqueraded their hate and bitterness as some sort of noble cause. Little Marco Rubio comes from this interest group as does Canadian-born Ted Cruz of Texas. Ordinary Americans believe what their government tells them and because the Cubans were forced by the Americans into the influence of the Soviet Union for protection from the most powerful military in the world, they have been depicted as on the wrong side in the Cold War. One has to ask, what is in it for these Cuban exiles and their progeny to continue the persecution of the islanders kept impoverished by a stupid embargo.