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Still, it's too early to count out the embargo's tenacious Cuban-American lobby. Its chief muscle is in the House, where efforts similar to Ashcroft's have been killed this year. "Trading with the most anti-American dictator in the world is a cheap, cynical manipulation of farmers' emotions," said Jorge Mas, head of the Cuban-American National Foundation in Miami. Besides powerful Republican Senator Jesse Helms--who tightened the embargo in 1996 after Castro's air force shot down two small U.S. civilian planes near Havana--Mas has two other key allies: presidential contenders George W. Bush...
...also has the blessing of staunchly conservative Republican SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL of Nebraska. These big G.O.P. names should provide political cover for the White House and particularly AL GORE. The Administration is currently expanding unofficial links to Havana, but is worried about opposition from many anti-Castro Cuban-American voters...
Carlos A. Zumpano '96 was elected chair of the Cuban-American Undergraduate Students Association (CAUSA) with a slate of other officers Thursday night. The group formed two weeks ago and has met twice...
CAUSA will sponsor guest speakers and panel discussions at Harvard and other universities on Cuban and Cuban-American issues, Zumpano said...
Though the majority of CAUSA's members are of Cuban-American heritage, Zumpano said that the organization is not restricted to students of this ethnic group...