Cuban American National Foundation

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The Cuban American National Foundation is a foundation with the aim of assisting members of the Cuban community in Miami, Florida.

## Background and founding[edit]

The Cuban National American Foundation was founded in 1981 following the election of Ronald Reagan, when U.S. Republicans sought a lobbying organization made up of anti-Castro Cuban-Americans. The organization was molded after the pro-Israel organization AIPAC and enjoyed significant backing from the Reagan administration.[1][2] In its early days, CANF also received "sizeable contributions" from board members who were "leaders of Miami's financial and import-export sector," running companies invested in Latin America and stood to gain from Reagan's policies that protected investment overseas.[3] The first president of the organization was Jorge Mas Canosa, president of a construction company, and the first executive director was Frank Calzon, who had directed a Washington-based lobbying group. The organization had claimed to be non-partisan, but in practice its policy proposal were aligned with that of the Reagan government, including, for instance, its support for Radio Martí, an American state-run radio and television international broadcaster. CANF's support proved important in overcoming obstacles and passing the bill.[3] Following this important early success,[4] CANF also lobbied for other US foreign policy projects, including the invasion of Grenada and funding the anti-government rebels during the Angolan Civil War. It supported the Caribbean Basin Initiative of 1984.[3]

CANF also operates the radio station La Voz de la Fundación which it attempts to transmit to Cuba; it led the effort to establish the U.S. Information Agency's Radio Martí (1985) and TV Martí (1990). Radio Martí and TV Martí are official U.S. broadcasting operations directed to the Cuban people.[5][non-primary source needed]

Formerly a strong advocate for isolation of Cuba by the USA, in April 2009 CANF published an article calling for lifting US restrictions on aid and travel to Cuba, and aiding civil society groups there.[6]

## History[edit]

The Cuban-born anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles claimed in 1998 that he received financial support from CANF for a bombing campaign carried out in 1997, although he has denied ties with the attack. CANF has strongly denied Posada's statement, and Posada has since recanted his assertion.[7] Gaspar Jiménez and Rolando Mendoza, ranking members of CANF, stepped down from leadership positions at the institution due to drug trafficking charges.[8]

## See also[edit]

* Cuba portal

* Cuba-United States relations
* Ethnic interest groups in the United States

## References[edit]

1. ^ "History as Prologue: Cuba Before 2006". A contemporary Cuba reader : the revolution under Raúl Castro. Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, William M. LeoGrande (2nd ed.). Lanham. 2015. ISBN 978-1-306-96265-0. OCLC 884552392.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
2. ^ Haney, Patrick; Vanderbush, Walt (2005). The Cuban embargo : the domestic politics of an American foreign policy. Walt Vanderbush. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 32–26. ISBN 978-0-8229-7271-6. OCLC 655344352.
3. ^ a b c Torres, Maria de los Angelos (January 1994). "Cuban Americans in the 1980s: Entering Mainstream Politics". In Kanellos, Nicolás (ed.). Handbook of Hispanic Culture in the United States: Sociology. Arte Publico. pp. 143–46. ISBN 9781611921656.
4. ^ Hastedt, Glenn P. (2014). "Cuba, Cuban-American National Foundation". Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. Infobase Publishing. pp. 108–12. ISBN 9781438109893.
5. ^ "CANF - Sobre La Fundacion Nacional Cubano Americana". CANF.
6. ^ "Geopolitical Diary: A New Phase in U.S.-Cuban Relations". Stratfor. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
7. ^ "National Briefing". The New York Times. April 27, 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-17. "A Cuban militant accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner has applied to become an American citizen, his lawyer said Tuesday. The man, Luis Posada Carriles, has been jailed in El Paso on immigration charges since May. Mr. Posada, a former C.I.A. operative and a fervent opponent of President Fidel Castro, is accused by Cuba and Venezuela of plotting the 1976 bombing while living in Venezuela. He has denied involvement in the bombing, which killed 73 people. Mr. Posada escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985 while awaiting retrial on the airline bombing charges, and Venezuela has formally sought his extradition."
8. ^ Calvo, Hernando; Declercq, Katlijn (2000). The Cuban Exile Movement. Australia: Ocean Press. p. 63.

## External links[edit]

* www.canf.org

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