MIAMI (CBSMiami) – During a cease in Miami on Monday, Governor Ron Desantis signed laws establishing November 7th as Victims of Communism Day.
HB 395, which was signed by Desantis on the Freedom Tower, establishes the statewide vacation and requires that every one highschool college students should study concerning the “evils of communism and atrocities committed by infamous regimes under Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Lenin, Pol Pot, and Nicolas Maduro,” in accordance with a press pamphlet handed out to media on the occasion.
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The governor stated that whereas the laws was not a necessity, he felt his workplace held a stage of “responsibility” in informing future generations of the perils of communism.
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In addition to asserting the Victims of Communism Day, DeSantis introduced $25 million in funding for the Freedom Tower which from 1962 to 1974 served as an help heart for Cubans searching for asylum from Fidel Castro’s regime.
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DeSantis additionally signed SB 160, which calls for 3 street designations to honor Arturo Diaz Artiles, Maximino and Coralia Capdevila, and Oswaldo Paya, all Cuban exiles who fought towards Castro’s regime