Lone Cuban-born rep 'amped up' to see nation liberated after emotional return 64 years in the making
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Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., spoke to Fox News Digital after participating in a CODEL to Gitmo, his first return to Cuba since his family fled Fidel Castro.
The Gimenez family – Carlos Sr., Mitzi, Carlos and Mitzi Ann – left the country when the future Miami fire chief, Miami-Dade County mayor and congressman was just 6 years old. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
"Now that I visited the only free part of Cuba, I want to make sure that the rest of the island is also free from this communist tyranny," Gimenez said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.
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