Majority Of Cuban-Americans Now Oppose Cuba Embargo

VOA News :

A new U.S. public opinion poll shows long-time support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from southern Florida the poll reflects a shift of opinion away from harsh policies toward Cuba.

The question has been a staple in the yearly poll conducted by Florida International University since 1991. Cuban-Americans in the Miami area are asked whether they favor or oppose continuing the U.S. embargo of Cuba.

For years, the majority of Cuban exiles supported the trade restrictions even while recognizing the embargo had little impact on the Communist government in Havana. But the latest poll shows the tide is shifting, and now 55 percent of people said they oppose continuing the embargo.

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Comments

[LovingHope]

It breaks my heart to see how the Cubans suffer due to the embargo. Enough is enough. The United States have terrorize this country enough. I am all for the removal of the embargo. Let's all get along. I'm tired of being hated everywhere.

[marleysghost]

I remember the shock and awe presented by Fidel Castro when the rebels overthrew Bautista. My grandparents and other American beneficiaries of a cozy relationship with Gen. Bautista's corrupt government wailed bitterly over their lost paradise. Of course, the paradise did not extend to the exploited Cuban people. The US, under the sway of Cuban exiles (and sensing a powerful political bloc that could be manipulated) has continued to both shoot the Cuban people in the foot and deny ourselves a prosperous and friendly relationship with Cuba. In short, we are so short sighted as to be blind to our true interests and that of other people we purport to support.

[andhakari]

The embargo has long been an example of government at its worst. Fifty years ago we isolated Castro and Cuba from America because our leaders didn't like what he did to American corporations. The embargo never did what it was supposed to, but we kept it up anyway just to keep Cuba from having a successful socialist economy.
Obama should end the embargo and establish normal relations with Cuba.

[trinity]

The shift is due to a younger population of Cuban-Americans, the grandchildren of the exiles who do not necessarily share the same attitudes of the older generation.

[totalliberal]

It was always about the crazed old land owners who exploited their peasant workers. Their dreams were of getting rid of Castro so could get their land back and continue on as usual. It was never about the Cuban people themselves.