LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Palm Beach Post

Attention Doug Lyons,

Having been born in Communist Cuba in 1957 — forced to leave in 1961 with my parents and 5 siblings — ages 18 months to 7 years old — to Miami with just the clothes we were wearing — and living in Miami for a total of 40 years, before moving up to Palm Beach Gardens — my family knows what the evils of communism is all about. We lived it and have continued to see it for the past 66 years.

With all this being said, I toot my harmonica to President Trump for having the courage and conviction to do what he and the amazing U.S. Military pulled off in Communist Venezuela on January 3rd at 2:00 am with “the raid heard around the world”. Picture perfect operation by the greatest military in the world!

They captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife…and now, Venezuela will be free again.

I also tip my MAGA hat off to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, another Miami Cuban, for his amazing prowess.

There is NO President, Prime Minister or country leader in the entire world that has more power, more guts and more know-how than President Trump. His vision, determination and the incredible TEAM that he has put together is beyond comprehension. The entire world saw this entire package play out in Venezuela on Saturday morning, and now communist/dictatorship countries like Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia, Iran and a few others know that their number is coming up in a neighborhood near them very soon.

My prayer is that Venezuela remains civil with no outbreaks of war with Trump and The Team overseeing everything and showing the entire world that the Trump Plan will work in communist countries like Venezuela — with my island country of Cuba, being next.

After 66 years of communism in Cuba, I cannot wait until Cuba is liberated so that myself and my now 7 siblings can return one day to the country we were born in, hold hands together, pray and finally say “VIVA CUBA LIBRE!”

Willy Guardiola
Christian on a Mission
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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