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U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HINT AT THEIR CUBA POLICY.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 23-AUG-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised the possibility of a somewhat-less-bellicose policy toward Cuba after the 2008 US presidential elections. He proposed easing limits on travel by Cuban exiles visiting the island and on sending money home. The Bush administration has tightened the restrictions. Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque commented on the news, saying, "These declarations appear to express the sentiment of the majority of the United States." Perez Roque called present policy barbaric and the Bush tactics an effort to "try to force our people to surrender through hunger and illness. The blockade has to be dismantled and the rights of Cuba respected."

Second-place-runner Obama broke with his rivals in an attempt to win Florida's vote. Cuban exiles are important to that effort, but it is uncertain whether Obama's call for letting up on curbs will help him with that...

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