#263581 - 07/30/0707:10 PMRe: Has Anyone Been To Haiti?
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Quote: Why are we still Boycotting Cuba by the way?
On the most basic level, to appease the rich Cuban-Americans and Americans (the Hiltons, for one) who lost their fortunes to the Castro regime. They're a powerful voting bloc.
And, if you ask me, we still have a bit of a bug up our ass about the real roots of the JFK assassination too.
From what I understand (and if I'm wrong please correct me) there's a real generational split amongst the Miami Exiles, with the younger generation (under 35) strongly favoring rapproachment with Havana, and their elders (most of whom can still remember the Batista regime) as opposed as ever. But that's the way of things. Change is incremental. Investment and the growing authority of the younger Castro are making smdest but steady changes throughout the Island. Time and maturation effect change amongst the Florida Cubanos.