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Beginning a New Era
Farber, Samuel
http://www.solidarity-us.org/site/node/4375Date Written: 2015-03-01 Publisher: Against the Current Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20938 Obama may succeed where previous U.S. administrations -- such as Nixon's and especially Carter's -- failed in their attempts at reestablishing diplomatic and economic relations with Cuba. Abstract: - Excerpt: ...the conservative exile generation of the '60s has been dying out, and by now the growing majority of the Cubans residing in south Florida came to the United States since the 1980s. In contrast with the older exiles, many of these people regularly visit the island and are more concerned with the welfare of their relatives than with Cuban exile politics. No wonder, then, that public opinion polls have shown that a majority of the Cubans and Cuban-Americans residing in Florida favor a change in U.S. policy leading to full relations with the island. The fact that Barack Obama won 48% of the Cuban vote (and larger proportions among younger Cubans) in the 2012 election is a clear indication of the political trends among Cuban-Americans away from the rightwing hard line. Subject Headings |