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Florida's Cubans React To Policy Change

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Peter Bell (left) who supports the new policy laid out by President Barack Obama, stands among a group of people who disagree with him as people gathered outside the Little Havana restaurant Versailles on December 17, 2014 in Miami. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

President Obama’s announcement that the U.S. and Cuba will restore diplomatic ties has touched off vehement reactions in parts of South Florida’s Cuban community.

Many feel the president has caved to the Castro government and given away much more than the U.S. would get for opening diplomatic relations and scaling back the embargo. From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Rick Stone of WLRN reports.

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