Havana, Cuba
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As President Donald Trump rachets up the pressure on Cuba’s communist-run government and threatens a US “takeover” of the island, he frequently repeats a central promise: that decades after they left, Cuban exiles will soon be able to return to their homeland.
“A lot of unbelievable people are going to be going back to Cuba, hopefully not to stay,” Trump said at a recent White House event with prominent members of the Cuban American community in attendance. “We don’t want to make it so nice that they stay. But some people probably do want to stay.They love Cuba so much,” he said.
Trump’s claim has struck a chord with many in the Cuban exile…