Following the first visit to Cuba by an American president in nearly a century — and continued normalization of relations between the U.S. and the communist island nation — Fort Hays State University President Mirta M. Martin talked about the changes with Eagle’s Gary Shorman.

In a very special edition of “The Forum,” Martin, a native of Cuba, offered an emotional recollection of the past — and the need for a “day of reckoning” for the Castro brothers and a free Cuba. Watch the entire interview below: