South Florida

Do you disagree with your Cuban abuela about politics? We want to hear about it

By Syra Ortiz Blanes and Claire Heddles
The crowd at the United for a Free Cuba rally in Bayfront Park responded to speeches with enthusiastic applause, cheers, and chants of “Libertad!” Many waved Cuban flags and held up signs demanding freedom and democracy while others prayed out loud. A couple of hundred people gathered in downtown for the United for a Free Cuba rally, calling for democracy and human rights on the island amid ongoing political unrest. Waving Cuban flags and chanting slogans, demonstrators urged the international community to support Cuban activists and condemned the government's crackdown on dissent on Sunday, April 26, 2026, at the FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park. Organized by local exile groups and human rights organizations, the event featured speeches by community leaders, former political prisoners and relatives of detained protesters, all demanding freedom and reforms in Cuba.
The crowd at the United for a Free Cuba rally in Bayfront Park responded to speeches with enthusiastic applause, cheers, and chants of “Libertad!” Many waved Cuban flags and held up signs demanding freedom and democracy while others prayed out loud. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

The Miami Herald is hoping to hear from Cubans and Cuban Americans in South Florida who are navigating political disagreements within their families. Recent polling shows young Cubans and Cuban Americans are less likely to support Trump’s policies on Cuba, including the recent oil blockade, deportations and potential military intervention than their older relatives.

Is this true in your family? Or is it the other way around? Do you argue with your kids, parents or grandparents about the U.S. policy toward Cuba?

We want to hear about it. Please fill out the form below. If you’re having trouble viewing the form, click on this link.

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Syra Ortiz Blanes
el Nuevo Herald
Syra Ortiz Blanes covers immigration for the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. Previously, she was the Puerto Rico and Spanish Caribbean reporter for the Heralds through Report for America.
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Claire Heddles
Miami Herald
Claire Heddles is the Miami Herald’s senior political correspondent. She previously covered national politics and Congress from Washington, D.C at NOTUS. She’s also worked as a public radio reporter covering local government and education in East Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. 
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