McCain offers proposals for Latin America
Published: Wed, May. 21, 2008 12:30AM
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closeMIAMI -- Sen. John McCain on Tuesday laid out his plans for strengthening democracy and U.S. influence in Latin America, vowing to extend free-trade pacts throughout the region and to continue isolating Cuba until the Communist-ruled island frees political prisoners and allows multi-party elections.
The promises to uphold a hard line against the regime of Fidel and Raul Castro earned the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president cheers from the mostly Cuban-American crowd at a town hall meeting in southwest Miami.
"Florida will be yours!" local Spanish-language radio talk show host Ninoska Perez Castellon declared from the audience.
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