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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton to call for lifting Cuba embargo [View all]lunamagica
(9,967 posts)29. Not really. I live here, and while the Cuban community is not the solid, one-mind block it once was
they have hardly "mostly died off".
Many are still alive, and remember, many come every year, hating the Castro regime.
And they tend to be very vocal and violent
So this won't be easy. Not at all
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It's about time...clearly the embargo and everything else hasn't done anything...
George II
Jul 2015
#5
Wow. So she influenced Obama to put that on the front burner. All of our relationships with the
freshwest
Jul 2015
#8
nope, that isn't what I said. Obama had plans for Cuba and Iran in his first term, and moved toward
still_one
Jul 2015
#9
Even better, means she learned. The rest of my post stands. Anyone likes the past better can say:
freshwest
Jul 2015
#22
I am not disagreeing with you. If someone learns from a bad view point that is a good thing,
still_one
Jul 2015
#24
I am saying in her book she changed her position. Kerry was very instrumental in the recent
still_one
Jul 2015
#34
Not really. I live here, and while the Cuban community is not the solid, one-mind block it once was
lunamagica
Jul 2015
#29
You are so right. Tonight on Univision there was a student saying how insulting
lunamagica
Jul 2015
#26