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Follow the Science. Build a Policy. They Will Come: Leadership Matters
Until Biden establishes and implements his own vision, he is simply continuing to promote a world-order defined by Trump.
By Guillermo J. Grenier
in It is not easy OnCuba News
Last month, just as my last column hit the pixels of OnCuba News, the Miami Herald published the results of new Bendixen/Amandi poll showing that Cuban American voters in Florida are still crazy in love with Trump and his isolationist policies towards Cuba. I do not think that this surprised anyone. The national despojo of the Trump specter has just begun and Cuban Americans are not immune from its legacy.
The one bit of data that did surprise, that 45% of Cuban Americans have a favorable view of the Biden/Harris administration, did not receive much attention. That is ten percentage points over the number of respondents who reported voting for the Democratic ticket. Biden might be convincing some skeptics.
The bulk of the coverage of the poll focused on the results highlighting the continued intransigence of Cuban Americans when it comes to U.S./Cuba policy. Sixty six percent of those polled supported the embargo and a similar proportion opposed the return to the era of normalization initiated by President…
