>American citizens with cuban heritage, are americans and [should] have no proxy in cuba's affairs. If someone feels that strongly they would do what castro's side did:risk life, hold their ground and not flee. When they fled, just like aristede, they forfeited their proxy, os so it would seem.

1) Most Cubans abroad (USA, and of course the many in Mexico, Spain, and elsewhere) are not citizens of these countries (USA, Mexico or Spain), but of Cuba. Many by choice, many because they have no other papers, many because they are recent arrivals.
2) Although the view that, being Amercian Citizens, they have no proxy with Cuba sounds right, by the book, that is not how these people feel.

Note: I am not Cuban, or of Cuban decent. Have never visited Cuba, have no conexions to them wathsoever, other than working with several of them as you would expect ny being in Miami. Foremost, I do not like Castro, but I also do not like the fringe ideas of the extreme-right Cuban position among many Miami exiles.