They Escaped Cuba, Now They Welcome Florida’s Move to Warn American Kids

Students in grades 6–12 will begin learning about the horrors of communism.

Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, AP, Public Domain

MIAMI—It has been more than 65 years since Fidel Castro’s regime pushed Dionel and Marina Cotanda to leave their beloved Cuba for the United States.

Unmarried and with only $65 between them—because the communists stole the rest of their money—they found exile in Tampa, Florida.