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Miami Cuban-Americans quiet on Obama policy shift (AP)

 

Published 4/21/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - Just a few years ago, any U.S. president who suggested restoring relations with Fidel Castro's Cuban government would have been loudly called a communist or worse on the streets and airwaves of Miami. Protests would have sprung up, and Cuban-Americans who offered their support would have feared being blacklisted. (link)

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