Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Cuban National American Foundation yakavambwa panguva apo vezvematongerwe enyika veRepublican America, mushure mekusarudzwa kwaRonald Reagan, vakanga vachitsvaka sangano rinokurudzira rinoumbwa nevaCuban-America. CANF yakavambwa muna 1981, ne"mipiro mikuru" kubva kunhengo dzedare dzaiva "vatungamiriri vechirume vemari yeMiami nekutenga-kutengesa kunze kwenyika", vachitungamira makambani aiva nezvido zvebhizimisi muLatin America uye akamira kuti awane kubva kumitemo yaReagan yaidzivirira kudyara mhiri kwemakungwa. Purezidhendi wokutanga wesangano racho akanga ari Jorge Mas Canosa, purezidhendi wekambani yokuvaka, uye mutungamiriri mukuru wokutanga akanga ari Frank Calzon, uyo akanga atungamirira boka rinokurudzira rinogara muWashington. Sangano racho rakanga rati harina divi raro, asi chaizvoizvo mazano aro omutemo aiwirirana neaya ehurumende yaReagan, kubatanidza somuenzaniso kutsigira kwaro Radio Martí, nhepfenyuro yeredhiyo yorudzidziso yaitsigirwa nehurumende yeUnited States iyo yaida kuputsa hurumende yekomonisiti yeCuba. Rutsigiro rweCANF rwakaratidza kuva runokosha mukukurira mhinganidzo nokupfuudza bhiri racho. Zvichitevera kubudirira uku kwakakosha kwekutanga, CANF yakakurudzirawo mashandiro ehurongwa hwekunze hweUS, kusanganisira
kupinda muGrenada, uye akatsigira masimba anorwisana nehurumende munguva yeAngolan Civil War. Yakatsigira Caribbean Basin Initiative ya1984, iyo yakabatsira zvakananga mabhizimisi enhengo dzedare.