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| https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=news&id=2051 | National Journal: Ted Cruz: Obama's New Cuba Policy 'Will Be Remembered as a Tragic Mistake' | 2014-12-17 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | TX | Ted Cruz | C001098 | www.cruz.senate.gov | legacy | Hours after his Senate colleague and fellow Cuban-American Marco Rubio criticized President Obama's change in U.S. policy on Cuba, Ted Cruz broke his silence on the news with a bang, calling the decision "a tragic mistake." The Republican senator from Texas told Fox News' Neil Cavuto on Wednesday afternoon that because of the American embargo and diplomatic freeze-out, Cuba had been "gasping for air." Now, though, Obama's policy shift would have devastating effects. "Just like the administration did with Iran, right when the [Iranian] administration was feeling the maximum pain, [Obama] throws them an economic lifeline and continues the brutal repression and dictatorship of the Castro brothers," said Cruz, whose father emigrated from Cuba in 1957, four years before the U.S. imposed a strict trade embargo on the country. When Cavuto pointed out that more than five decades of the same policy hadn't been very effective, Cruz demurred. "What it has wrought is limiting the impact and harm of Cuba," he said. Read more | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |