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End the Embargo?
Jennifer LeClaire | 6/1/2007
Growing numbers of south Florida's Cuban-Americans oppose U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba, according to a poll conducted by Florida International University. Cuban-Americans who have been in the U.S. the longest take the toughest stance against the island nation's government.
- 65% -- indicate they would support a dialogue with the Cuban government, up from 55.6% in a 2004 poll
- 57.5% -- number of Cuban-Americans who still support the U.S. embargo
- 55.2% -- favor "unrestricted" travel to Cuba
- 29% -- favor lifting the embargo now
- 8% -- favor lifting the embargo after Fidel Castro dies
Source: Florida International University
