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Race to the Bottom

Submitted May 6, 2004 - 6:46 pm by Jeff Simpson
It looks like Tweedle-pendejo and Tweedle-cabron are getting serious about South Florida.

From Reuters:

Bush vows to hasten end to Castro's rule in Cuba

President George W. Bush on Thursday offered new steps he said would help hasten the end of Cuban President Fidel Castro's rule, such as stepping up anti-Castro propaganda and bolstering dissidents groups, as he played to Cuban-American voters in Florida.

Bush will tighten limits on visits to Cuba by American family members and increase sting operations to keep money for relatives from falling into the government's hands. He also wants to deploy airplanes to prevent Cuba from jamming anti-Castro broadcasts by the United States.

Up to $59 million will be earmarked for anti-Castro efforts over the next two years.

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Florida is home to around 450,000 Cuban Americans, 68.5 percent of whom are registered with Bush's Republican party. Support from anti-Castro Cuban-Americans helped Bush win a disputed but crucial victory in Florida in 2000. The state could again prove key in the 2004 election.

"I think these are very positive measures," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican.

The anti-Castro Cuban American National Foundation said it was eager for the measures to be adopted. "Our people are dying in the Straits of Florida every day. We do not have the luxury of time," said the group's chairman Jorge Mas Santos.

And from Venezuelanalysis:

John Kerry Says Venezuela's Chavez is Becoming a Dictator

For the second time in the first quarter of the campaign trail, John Kerry, the democratic candidate for president of the United States, has declared that “democracy is a risk” in Venezuela. Kerry also said that Venezuela’s democratically–elected President Chavez is becoming a dictator.

The statements were made on Wednesday night during Kerry’s first interview with the U.S. Spanish-language network, Univision, in an obvious attempt to garner the Hispanic vote. The 38 million strong Hispanic population in the United States is considered to be an important voting block in the upcoming 2004 presidential elections.

The Univision interview, conducted by Jorge Ramos, was clearly targeted at Southern Florida Spanish-speaking voters, known to be opposed to Cuban President Fidel Castro and with strong ties with the Republican Party. Yet in recent months, South Florida’s Hispanic population seems to have placed its votes up for grabs; the candidate with the firmest stance on Cuba and Venezuela is likely to acquire its support – democrat or republican aside.

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