US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called on Congress to end the trade embargo the US imposed against Cuba in 1962.
The position, which Clinton has already outlined in her 2014 book "Hard Choices," puts her in line with President Barack Obama, who moved in December to establish diplomatic relations with Cuba and has called for normalized trade relations.
Perhaps more importantly, it draws a sharp contrast with two top Republican presidential contenders from Florida, Senator Marco Rubio and former Governor Jeb Bush, at a time when younger Cuban-American voters in Florida are softening their stance on the matter.
The Republican-led Congress is unlikely to allow such a change in US-Cuba relations in the foreseeable future.