"The Republican vice presidential candidate did not
mention that he once opposed the U.S. trade embargo against the island, but he
pointed to his change of heart — prompted by Miami’s current and former
Cuban-American Republicans in Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln and
Mario Diaz-Balart.
“They’ve given me a great education — lots of us in
Congress — about how we need to clamp down on the Castro regime,” Ryan told
supporters at the Versailles restaurant. “We will be tough on Castro, tough on
Chávez.”
Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, has voted against the
embargo at least three times. The Midwest tends to see trade opportunities in
agriculture with Cuba."
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