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Increasingly, Mas Canosa's right to speak on behalf of Cuban Americans is being challenged. Franciso Aruca, who ran shuttle flights to Havana, says the exiles used to have the appearance of homogeneity, always backing the conservative right. Now, he believes, "a lot of Cuban Americans are questioning not only Clinton's policy but are getting mad at the leadership of the community that is linked with that policy...
Bueno said that one conservative, Jorge Mas Canosa, agreed to participate in the discussion only if another panelist, Francisco Aruca, was removed. Aruca, a member of the Democratic Party's Business Council, said last night that Canosa accused him of choosing his political views to promote his business, which arranges visits to Cuba for Cuban-Americans...
...Canosa basically slandered Mr. Aruca," said Bueno. "He suggested we change the format of the panel if we wanted him to speak...
...Aruca said he is most concerned about theconditions among the large Miami community ofCuban-Americans. "Family needs have nothing to dowith ideology," said Aruca. "A good segment of thecommunity wants to visit relatives in Cuba. Thosewho oppose this usually don't have relativesthere...
...Aruca said, Castro lowered theexorbitant tourist prices originally intended todiscourage Cuban-American visitors, but has sincelimited the number of visitors allowed from theU.S...
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