Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa Gidauniyar Cuban National American Foundation a lokacin da 'yan siyasar Republican na Amurka, bayan zaben Ronald Reagan, ke neman kungiyar masu fafutuka da ke kunshe da' yan Amurkawa 'yan Cuba. An kafa CANF a 1981, tare da "gudummawa mai yawa" daga membobin kwamitin waɗanda "shugabannin maza ne na ɓangaren kuɗi da shigo da fitarwa na Miami", suna gudanar da kamfanonin da ke da sha'awar kasuwanci a Latin Amurka kuma sun sami fa'ida daga manufofin Reagan wanda ya kare saka hannun jari a ƙasashen waje. Shugaban kungiyar na farko shi ne Jorge Mas Canosa, shugaban wani kamfanin gini, kuma darektan zartarwa na farko shi ne Frank Calzon, wanda ya jagoranci kungiyar masu fafutuka da ke Washington. Kungiyar ta yi ikirarin cewa ba ta da bangare, amma a aikace shawarwarin manufofinta sun yi daidai da na gwamnatin Reagan, gami da misali na goyon bayanta ga Radio Martí, wani gidan rediyo na farfagandar da gwamnatin Amurka ke tallafawa wanda ke da nufin saukar da gwamnatin kwaminisancin Cuba. Tallafin CANF ya tabbatar da mahimmanci wajen shawo kan matsaloli da kuma zartar da lissafin. Bayan wannan gagarumar nasarar da aka samu, CANF ta kuma yi kira ga ayyukan da suka shafi manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka, ciki har da
mamaye Grenada, kuma ya goyi bayan sojojin adawa da gwamnati a lokacin yakin basasar Angola. Ya goyi bayan shirin Caribbean Basin Initiative na 1984, wanda ya amfana kai tsaye ga kasuwancin membobin kwamitin.