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2008 Candidates Travel: Chris Dodd Points Southward

For the corazón of the Cuban exile in America, you can't get any closer than Miami, whose Pequeña Habana holds one of the highest concentrations of Cubans outside of the country in question. Maybe that's why Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd went there to announce his plan for re-opening diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Dodd has long been critical of the U.S. embargo on all things Cuban and would, if elected, seek to repeal sanctions and allow U.S. citizens--like Michael Moore--to travel between the two countries. As we reported earlier, Senator Barack Obama also supports repealing sanctions.

At this rate, we may soon be traveling to the island nation instead of just rewatching "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights." (Which wasn't even filmed in Cuba, btw.) All that said, Dodd is running left of the pack; the next visit to Miami may very well come from a pro-sanctions candidate.

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