U.S. Senator Ashley Moody met with veterans and local Cuban-American leaders in Miami to address the findings of a newly released State Department report.
The roundtable event took place at the Bay of Pigs Brigade 2506 Museum. Participants gathered to discuss a State Department report detailing decades of propaganda and espionage activities by the Cuban government within the United States.
According to the report, the Cuban regime has carried out efforts over the last 60 years aimed at influencing young Americans, designating the island nation as the center of 21st-century communism.
During the discussion, Moody voiced her support for the South Florida exile community and efforts to promote political change in Cuba.
“This report verifies what Cuban Americans in Florida have known for decades, that the Castro Regime is waging a propaganda war on our own soil,” Moody said. “The recent rise in communism in America is not an accident. I met with members of South Florida’s Cuban American community to discuss how we can fight back to stop the spread of this evil political agenda that has destroyed every country it has infected.”
Several local officials attended the meeting, including Florida Representative Alex Rizo, alongside Miami City Commissioners Rolando Escalona and Vicki Lopez.
Moody has previously taken legislative and executive actions targeting the Cuban government. During her tenure as Florida’s Attorney General, she called on the federal government to maintain strict banking restrictions against the regime.
In the U.S. Senate, Moody co-sponsored the DEMOCRACIA Act, a bill proposing heightened financial sanctions and economic measures against Cuban leadership.
The Miami roundtable follows other recent actions by federal and state officials concerning Cuba. In May, Moody joined Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche for the unsealing of a Department of Justice indictment against Raúl Castro.
The charges stem from the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue incident, in which Cuban fighter jets shot down two unarmed civilian aircraft operated by volunteers delivering humanitarian aid, killing four individuals. Castro was charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder. Moody also joined South Florida leaders in February to mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.
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