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I\u2019ve never gone back to visit any family. I\u2019ve never sent one penny to Cuba for anything during my time in the United States; over 60 years,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gim\u00e9nez\u2019s request follows one made last February by Florida Republican Senator <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/vuelos-eeuu-cuba-no-creo-que-debamos-viajar-afirma-senador-republicano-rick-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Rick Scott<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who also advocated for restricting flights between the two countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen people travel to Cuba, those close to the government, primarily the military, benefit,\u201d he noted at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS News Miami<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> interviewed several Cuban-Americans traveling on a flight from Miami to Havana, who stated that these measures make life more difficult for their loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Carlos Gim\u00e9nez\u2019s obsession with Cuba<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since arriving in Congress, Carlos Gim\u00e9nez\u2019s policy has focused on preventing any rapprochement between Washington and Havana, and he has expressed his interest in overthrowing the Cuban government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last March, he sent another letter, this time to the Secretary of Homeland Security, in which he asserted the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba-ee-uu\/congresista-carlos-gimenez-presenta-una-lista-con-agentes-cubanos-en-eeuu-y-pide-su-deportacion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>presence of \u201cagents of the regime\u201d in the United States<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and requested their deportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time in 64 years, Gim\u00e9nez traveled to Cuba in early March to visit the Guant\u00e1namo Bay Naval Base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On social media, he stated at the time that the territory illegally occupied by the United States in the eastern part of the country is \u201cthe only free part of Cuba.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the letter, addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the Republican congressman said that Cuba presents \u201ca clear threat to the safety of the United States and our 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