«For the first time in 64 years I could visit the country where I was born»

Cuban -American congressman Carlos A. Giménez traveled to Cuba for the first time in 64 years, for an evaluation of migrant facilities in the Naval Base of Guantanamo.

“For the first time in 64 years I could visit the country where I was born. I feel deeply honored to represent our community in Congress and have been in the only part of Cuba: Guantanamo Bay, ”he said in a press release.

He was six years old when he left his native country in November 1960, after the arrival of Fidel Castro to power.

For the congressman the visit was «emotional» and «encouraged even more» his desire to see Cuba Libre.

«Now that I visited the only free part of Cuba, I want to make sure that the rest of the island is also free of this communist tyranny,» he said in a interview To the chain Fox News.

Giménez believes that with the support of President Donald Trump, a renewed foreign policy and a national security approach «all pieces are in its place» to achieve democracy in Cuba.

«I hope to continue working closely with President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, our community of Cuban exiles and the brave men and women within the island to extinguish Castro’s murderous regime,» he said.

Giménez was part of a Delegation of the United States Congress that visited the military base, headed by the president of the Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, Mike Rogers.

«As a member of the Armed Services Committee, I had the opportunity to see firsthand the rapid progress that President Trump has achieved to prepare Guantanamo Bay as a base of operations for violent criminals that are illegally in our country, while they are repatriated to their respective countries of origin,» Giménez said.

In his first days of government, Donald Trump He signed an executive order to enable a detention center for tens of thousands of immigrants in the Naval Base of Guantanamo and the preparations immediately began.