Florida International University released a new poll on Tuesday that surveyed how Cuban Americans in Miami view U.S. policies towards Cuba. Over the past few years we have seen poll after poll show the changing opinion of the majority of Cuban Americans—who now favor engagement with the Cuban government and a change in U.S. policy. FIU’s latest poll blows all the other polls out of the water. The most impressive finding from the poll is the clear shift of younger Cuban Americans, ages 18-29, who present an even larger majority in favor of engagement and U.S. policy change towards Cuba.

Tell your members of Congress that even the most historic Cuban-American community of Miami, FL wants to do away with the embargo and change policy towards Cuba!

It is ever clearer in Miami, the hub of the Cuban-American community, that U.S. policy towards Cuba is outdated and doesn’t reflect the majority of Cuban-American’s opinion, nor the majority opinion of all U.S. citizens.

•    52 percent of all Cuban-American respondents oppose the continuation of the embargo; the percentage rises to 62 percent of Cuban Americans ages 18-29 who oppose the embargo
•    68 percent of all Cuban-American respondents and 90 percent of younger Cuban Americans favor diplomatic relations with Cuba
•    69 percent of all respondents and 89 percent of younger Cuban Americans favor the lifting of travel restrictions that limit all U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba
•    71 percent of all respondents support the continuation of “people-to-people” travel opportunities
•    53 percent of all registered voters surveyed and 75 percent of younger Cuban Americans who are registered to vote responded that they would be very likely or somewhat likely to vote for a candidate for political office who supported the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Proponents of the embargo in Congress that claim to represent the majority of Cuban Americans, and even more specifically, Cuban Americans from Miami, clearly do not. The call for a new Cuba policy is bellowing from Miami Cuban Americans.

Send an email to your members of Congress and tell them that now is the time to engage with Cuba!

Mavis, Emily and Taylor
The LAWG Cuba Team
                  

Latin America Working Group
424 C Street NE, Washington, DC 20002     Phone: (202) 546-7010     Email: lawg@lawg.org