From Left to Right, The Director General of Republica, Jorge Plasencia; Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, Jane Landers; Professor Emeritus of History at Johns Hopkins University, Richard L. Kagan; the Consul General of Spain in Miami, Belen Alfaro Hernandez; Queen Sofia of Spain; the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute (QSSI), Pilar Llado; the President of Miami Dade College, Madeline Pumariega; the President of QSSI, Begona Santos; and the Governor of Puerto Rico, Jennifer Gonzalez, pose during the event Florida, Cuba and the Caribbean in the American Revolution at the Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida, USA, 20 March 2026. Queen Sofia of Spain inaugurated America&Spain250 in Miami, an academic