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Inside Biden’s slow-walk on Cuba
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Cuba’s sweeping protests — and sweeping crackdown — are historic. But
the situation is a political hot potato for Biden, whose sanction orders
came nearly two weeks after the unrest began. His go-it-slow approach
has emboldened Republicans, while Florida Democrats fear the president
could blow an opportunity to reorient U.S.-Cuba policy and improve the
party’s political chances in a former swing state. POLITICO’s Sabrina
Rodríguez and Marc Caputo unpack the political minefield with Playbook's
Tara Palmeri.
Tara Palmeri is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Sabrina Rodríguez is an immigration correspondent for POLITICO.
Marc Caputo is a national political reporter for POLITICO.
Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
the situation is a political hot potato for Biden, whose sanction orders
came nearly two weeks after the unrest began. His go-it-slow approach
has emboldened Republicans, while Florida Democrats fear the president
could blow an opportunity to reorient U.S.-Cuba policy and improve the
party’s political chances in a former swing state. POLITICO’s Sabrina
Rodríguez and Marc Caputo unpack the political minefield with Playbook's
Tara Palmeri.
Tara Palmeri is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Sabrina Rodríguez is an immigration correspondent for POLITICO.
Marc Caputo is a national political reporter for POLITICO.
Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Released:
Jul 23, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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