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锘?!DOCTYPE html PUBliC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Miami Cuban-Americans Shifting Opinion on Cuba Embargo - VOA Standard English In 2008</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta content="all" name="robots"/><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008, Miami Cuban-Americans Shifting Opinion on Cuba Embargo" name="description" /><meta content="VOA Standard English In 2008" name="keywords" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/style.css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-small.css" title="Small Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-medium.css" title="Medium Text" /><link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/images/text-large.css" title="Large Text" /></head><body><div><img id="logo" src="/images/voa.gif" alt="VOA" /></div><div id="nav"><a title="VOA" href="http://www.51voa.com/"><b>緹庡浗涔嬮煶</b></a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_English/index.html">VOA Standard English</a> > <a href="http://www.51voa.com/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English In 2008</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="/images/notice.js"></script></div><div id="leftMainContainer"><div id="leftNav"><div class="leftN_title">VOA Standard English</div><ul><li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1.html">VOA Standard English <img src=/images/new.gif border=0></a></li> <li><a href="/VOA_Standard_1_archiver.html">VOA Standard English Archives </a></li> </ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA Special English</div><ul><li><a href="/Development_Report_1.html">Development Report</a></li><li><a href="/This_is_America_1.html">This is America</a></li><li><a href="/Agriculture_Report_1.html">Agriculture Report</a></li><li><a href="/Science_in_the_News_1.html">Science in the News</a></li><li><a href="/Health_Report_1.html">Health Report</a></li><li><a href="/Explorations_1.html">Explorations</a></li><li><a href="/Education_Report_1.html">Education Report</a></li><li><a href="/The_Making_of_a_Nation_1.html">The Making of a Nation</a></li><li><a href="/Economics_Report_1.html">Economics Report</a></li><li><a href="/American_Mosaic_1.html">American Mosaic</a></li><li><a href="/In_the_News_1.html">In the News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Stories_1.html">American Stories</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Their_Stories_1.html">Words And Their Stories</a></li><li><a href="/People_in_America_1.html">People in America</a></li></ul><div class="leftN_title">VOA English Learning</div><ul><li><a href="/Word_Master_1.html">Wordmaster</a></li><li><a href="/Learn_A_Word_1.html">Learn A Word</a></li><li><a href="/Bilingual_News_1.html">Bilingual News</a></li><li><a href="/American_Cafe_1.html">American Cafe</a></li><li><a href="/Popular_American_1.html">Popular American</a></li><li><a href="/Business_Etiquette_1.html">Business Etiquette</a></li><li><a href="/Sports_English_1.html">Sports English</a></li><li><a href="/Words_And_Idioms_1.html">Words And Idioms</a></li><li><a href="/Intermediate_American_English_1.html">Intermediate American English</a></li></ul></div><div id="rightContainer"><span class="title">Miami Cuban-Americans Shifting Opinion on Cuba Embargo</span><div id="contentAds"><script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client = "pub-3585518775245612";/* 51VOAContent */google_ad_slot = "4281465902";google_ad_width = 336;google_ad_height = 280;//--></script><script type="text/javascript"src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></div><span id="content"><EMBED src="/path.asp?url=/200812/LCR%20Wagner%20US%20Cuba%20Policy%202351074%20120308%20im.mp3" width=280 height=40 type="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" autostart="false" Controls="ControlPanel" tppabs=""></EMBED><BR><a href="/path.asp?url=/200812/LCR%20Wagner%20US%20Cuba%20Policy%202351074%20120308%20im.mp3" class="wwmp3">» Download Audio</a><BR><BR><span class="byline"> By Brian Wagner</span> <br> <span class="dateline">Miami, Florida</span><br> <span class="datetime"><em>03 December 2008</em></span><br><p><b>A new U.S. public opinion poll shows long-time support for the U.S. embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami. VOA's Brian Wagner reports from southern Florida the poll reflects a shift of opinion away from harsh policies toward Cuba. </b> <br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" align="right" width="150"><tbody><tr><td><img id="||CPIMAGE:297247|" title="Cuban and American flags" alt="Cuban and American flags" src="/images/200812/both-flags_tv_7nov06_150.jpg" border="0" height="150" hspace="2" vspace="2" width="150"></td></tr></tbody></table>The question has been a staple in the yearly poll conducted by Florida International University since 1991. Cuban-Americans in the Miami area are asked whether they favor or oppose continuing the U.S. embargo of Cuba.<br><br>For years, the majority of Cuban exiles supported the trade restrictions even while recognizing the embargo had little impact on the Communist government in Havana. But the latest poll shows the tide is shifting, and now 55 percent of people said they oppose continuing the embargo.<br><br>Hugh Gladwin is director of the university's Institute for Public Opinion Research, which conducts the poll. <br><br>"The biggest factor in the changing position on the embargo is the number of younger people who arrived more recently from Cuba has been increasing. And the number of people who arrived in the 1960s has been decreasing," he said.<br><br><table style="direction: ltr;" align="left" width="195"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:584997|" title="Fidel Castro, Havana, (file photo)" alt="Fidel Castro, Havana, (file photo)" src="/images/200812/AFP-Cuba-Fidel-Castro-18Jun08-190_0.jpg" border="0" height="132" hspace="2" vspace="2" width="195"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Fidel Castro (file photo)</td></tr></tbody></table>Recent arrivals tend to favor closer ties with Cuba, partly because they still have family and friends on the island, while those who fled Cuba decades ago have powerful feelings about the rise of former President Fidel Castro and his Communist government.<br><br>Elsewhere in the United States, the embargo and U.S. policy toward Cuba receives little attention. Most Americans do not support the trade and economic restrictions, which were first imposed in 1962 and expanded in 1996. <br><br>Another key question the poll asked was what should happen now, and what president-elect Barack Obama should do when he takes office next month. Gladwin said researchers are still studying the responses, which included people saying they expected Mr. Obama to make no real changes.<br><br>"But I would say much more frequently were responses like 'maybe now things will change.' The thing I noticed a lot is that people are just fed up with the situation," said Gladwin.<br><br><table class="APIMAGE" style="direction: ltr;" align="left" width="190"><tbody><tr><td style=""><img id="||CPIMAGE:585011|" title="Obama at an Independence Day Celebration at the Cuban American National Foundation, Miami, 23 May 2008" alt="Obama at an Independence Day Celebration at the Cuban American National Foundation, Miami, 23 May 2008" src="/images/200812/AP_Obama_CubanAmericans_23M.jpg" border="0" height="115" hspace="2" vspace="2" width="190"></td></tr><tr><td style="" class="imagecaption">Obama at an Independence Day Celebration at the Cuban American National Foundation, Miami, 23 May 2008</td></tr></tbody></table>During the campaign, president-elect Barack Obama tried to tap into frustrations about how U.S. policy has failed to weaken the Communist government in Havana. He did not promise to end the embargo, but the incoming president said he will review other U.S. restrictions and would be open to meeting Cuban leaders.<br><br>The big question is whether Cuba policy and possible reforms will be high on the political agenda, once Mr. Obama takes office. <br></p> </span><div id="list"><ol><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26769.html" target=_blank>World Markets Edge Higher</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26768.html" target=_blank>ICC Prosecutor Warns of Possible Sudanese Reprisals if Bashir Arrest Warrant Issued</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26767.html" target=_blank>US Commander says Military Ready to Defend During Transition</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26766.html" target=_blank>UN Reports Increase in HIV Infection Among Indonesians</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26765.html" target=_blank>Blair Says Conditions Must Change for Israelis and Palestinians to Make Peace</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26764.html" target=_blank>Muslim School Plan Provokes Anger in Australia</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26763.html" target=_blank>Obama Names Richardson as Next US Commerce Secretary</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26762.html" target=_blank>US Auto Companies Seek Government Aid for Failing Industry</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26757.html" target=_blank>India Re-Submits Fugitives List to Pakistan in Wake of Mumbai Terror Attack</A></LI><LI><A href="VOA_Standard_English_26756.html" target=_blank>Asian Stocks Sink as US Economy Wilts</A></LI></ol></div><div class="clearing"></div></div><div class="clearing"></div><div id="footer">© 2001-2008 Powered by <a href="http://www.51voa.com">51VOA.Com</a> <div id="topAds"><script language=javascript src="/topAds.js"></script></div> <div id="count"><script language=javascript src="/count.js"></script></div></div></body></html>?? 快捷鍵說(shuō)明
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