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Paul Ryan and the Cuban Embargo

By Fernando Menéndez


In Miami, a flurry of speculation was stirred recently when it was discovered Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate, voted at least three times against the US trade embargo with Cuba in 2001 and 2004. Standing as a committed free trader, Ryan is reported to have said: “If we’re going to have free trade with China, why not Cuba?”

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politic...-cuban-embargo/

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US-Cuba ties unlikely to change after elections

By Francisco Jara (AFP) – 14 hours ago

HAVANA — Testy relations between Cuba and the United States are unlikely to change regardless of who wins the November 6 US presidential election, Cuban analysts say.

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"In previous US presidential campaigns the candidates competed to see who could take a tougher and more bellicose stance" towards Cuba, said Carlos Alzugaray of the Center of Hemispheric Studies at the University of Havana.

"That doesn't happen any more," he told AFP.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/art...c70e850b4b3.3a1

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