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| https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=news&id=2045 | USA Today: Ted Cruz: Obama should help Cuban dissidents | 2014-12-19 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | TX | Ted Cruz | C001098 | www.cruz.senate.gov | legacy | Sen. Ted Cruz says the Obama administration should do more to work with opposition leaders in Cuba as the U.S. tries to move toward restoring diplomatic relations with the Communist regime under President Raul Castro. In a column for TIME magazine, the Texas Republican and potential 2016 presidential candidate expanded on his criticism of President Obama’s plans announced earlier this week. Cruz cited Cuban dissidents Elizardo Sanchez and Guillermo Farinas as examples of “friends in Cuba” that the U.S. government should work with to end the Castro regime and help institute economic and legal changes that would improve life for Cubans. “The United States should demand that the political opposition to the Castros be included in any and all negotiations with Cuba, so their concerns will be fully heard and their priorities addressed,” Cruz wrote. “Otherwise there will be no incentive for the Castro regime to engage in necessary political reforms.” Read more | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |