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Others speakers at the conference encouraged the students to build solidarity with the island nation by visiting Cuba, interacting with Cuban students and bringing their parents to the island, as well...
These speeches marked a departure from what has historically been the mainstream stance taken by Cuban-Americans, said Carlos E. Diaz, a second year Ph.D student at Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who attended the conference...
...used to be that the great majority of Cuban-Americans were adamantly against visiting Cuba, mainly for idelogical reasons, whereas now there are more Cuban-Americans who advocate actively engaging the Cubans on the island on more pragmatic grounds,” he said...
Those who attended this weekend’s conference said they agreed that greater efforts need to be made to rebuild Cuban-Americans’ connection to their roots, even if the process will be painful...
...think people were expecting the Cuban-American students to come to the conference with the same views—not advocating a return to Cuba,” said Bianca M. Ferrer, a sophomore at the University of Florida at Gainesville. “What they found was older generation Cubans calling for the youth to go to Cuba—to make their own decisions—instead just listening to their grandparents, who often have emotionally-charged opinions...