Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Obama Supports Family Travel and Remittances to Cuba

August 21, 2007
Beth Reinhard -- The Miami Herald

MIAMI - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for "unrestricted rights" for Cuban Americans to visit and send money to family in Cuba, just days before his first pilgrimage to Little Havana as a presidential candidate.

President Bush clamped down on family travel and remittances to Cuba in an effort to squeeze dictator Fidel Castro. The policy has become a flash point in the Cuban-American community, which traditionally leans toward the GOP. [Read more]

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