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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Young Cuban-Americans: Not Their Parents' Politics [Watch (HLS stream): Young Cuban-Americans: Not Their Parents' Politics](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QhQ4CO5U.m3u8) (4:22)  _Published 2008-10-13. Some young Cuban Americans have very different views on Cuba policy and politics compared to their elders_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:01 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [TIME100 Talks with Mark Cuban](/video/NGVwxmOC/) ### TIME100 Talks with Mark Cuban [History Snapshot: The Cuban Missile Crisis](/video/fWqbr1q9/) ### History Snapshot: The Cuban Missile Crisis [Americans’ Views About Foreign Policy](/video/NBVNzNcj/) ### Americans’ Views About Foreign Policy --- ## Transcript -[ Foreign Language ] >> Taking the year off from Harvard, Giancarlo Sopo, a 25- year- old Cuban- American stops at the Versailles Restaurant, a famous gathering spot in Miami for pro- Republican and pro- embargo Cubans. >> So here we are at the heart and soul of the Cuban- American Community. For so long, this deserved as a place for Cuban- Americans who come to discuss politics. >> Foreign Language ] >> We are not in favor of lifting the sanctions on Cuba. -[ Foreign Language ] >> The America, Central America including the United States were being destroyed by terrorism in the left. -[ Foreign Language ] >> Extremes, whether it's the right or the left are always bad. I like to try and find the middle ground. >> Sopo knows this community well. His father, now deceased, participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion and was a member of the ones hard- line Cuban- American National Foundation. But Sopo is part of the new generation of Cuban- Americans with a shifting attitude about Cuba policy and politics in general. My generation we see politics very differently than our parents. We never lost our country. We never-- You know, we never left our country because of a leftist extremist dictator. We were-- Most of us were born here, grew up in the suburbs. >> Recently, Sopo and his friends gathered to watch the vice- presidential debate. >> Kim Jong Il, the Castro brothers, others who are dangerous dictators are the ones that Barack Obama has said he would be willing to meet with without preconditions being met first. >> I think the politicians keep harping on the Cuban issue because they misinformed about this community. This community cares a lot more than just about the political turmoil in Cuba, which we're all concerned about, but there are other domestic issues here as well. >> Ericka Labadie, a young registered Republican agrees. >> We're aware of what's going on here like the bombs here, like healthcare, education, the war, like how they think about the Cuban embargo. >> You know, the fact that my mom she works-- you know, she is heading for two theaters. She is still working two jobs to help put her kids to school. I mean that worries me. >> This new generation of Cubans thinks totally different than me because they don't know what communism is like. They haven't lived it. They need for communism to hit them on the head and crush them, then they will see. >> Our generation recognizes as a whole that the embargo doesn't work that's why I think we need-- we need a new policy toward Cuba that embraces-- that, you know, empowers Cuban- Americans as agents of change and allows Cuban- Americans to visit their family with unfettered rights. >> Things are changing now. You know, it's not like, you know, hardliner Cubans always voting Republican. Now a lot of them-- Some of them right now are switching even my mom. >> Do you think Senator Obama is gonna perform very well among younger Cuban- Americans? >> He came out with the Cuban- American National Foundation and he spoke to different leaders in the communities to former political prisoners. >> I won't vote Barack Hussein Obama even if I were crazy. That's absurd. McCain may not be the best, but I prefer him. >> What new policy measure did John McCain propose when he came down here like what did he say that's gonna expedite freedom in Cuba? Nothing. >> We have different generations playing roles here and the more important they will-- >> Will fundamentally agree with. -[ unk ] freedom and democracy. In the end we will concur. >> Absolutely. >> But in the meantime to get there, we take different route because we are like buyers. We're like an army. We belong to different levels of generations. -[ Foreign Language ] >> It's not a matter of party affiliation, it's about the nation. We have to save the nation from the recession. >> Still while a new conversation is starting between the different generations, Sopo doesn't expect things to change overnight. >> Barack Obama and I were making roads in this community, but I think, you know, if he wants to win and a majority of Cuban- American may have to wait for 2012. 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