By MICHAEL MELIA, Associated Press Writer
28 minutes ago

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Exiled from Cuba after quitting Fidel Castro's Cabinet, Manolo Ray moved to Puerto Rico, led a resistance movement against Castro in the early 1960s and gradually settled into a career running an international engineering company.

As his one-time mentor loosens his grip on power, Ray — Castro's first public works minister — is hoping for another chance to help his native island.

"It's my homeland, and it has missed out on 50 years of progress," said the white-haired Ray, 83, who hopes to live to see the day when he can return and "help every way I can."

There are 20,000 Cuban immigrants in Puerto Rico, and many long to help their native land.

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