 But he became a more compromise based idealist when his radio plan of broadcasting to Cuba was rejected by the U.S. government.He looked at this event as telling him that he could accomplish nothing if he kept this type of more aggressive path, which relied too much on support from the government, when the Cuban exiles should take it into their own hands.Bernardo Benes during this time would be influenced by a friend who wanted to, through Benes, publish an article about the inhumane treatment of political prisoners in Cuba.