The United States Justice granted political asylum to a Cuban pilot who fled the island four months ago in a Soviet-made crop duster plane and landed at an airport in South Florida, his lawyer Eduardo Soto reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mart\u00ednez Machado was at a Pompano Beach immigration center while immigration authorities were reviewing his case, according to CNN affiliate WSVN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his first statements after his spectacular escape, Rub\u00e9n Mart\u00ednez Machado celebrated the decision and said that what is happening in Cuba \u201cis cruel\u201d. \u201cThe regime is abusing people. For me, the decision to repress the people in this way, ordering a civil war, was a before and after. I already realized that this did not make sense, \u201dhe added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pilot refers to the unusual demonstrations that broke out in various parts of the island on July 11, 2021. Within the framework of the covid-19 epidemic, which led to the worsening of the economic situation, thousands of people challenged the regime of Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel taking to the streets to denounce the lack of freedoms and the collapse of the electrical service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mart\u00ednez Machado explained that his October odyssey took about 3 hours of flight, and that although he was afraid, he was determined to do it. He said he plans to move to Texas and look for a job as soon as possible, but the first thing he wants to do is “have a beer.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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