Andrew Gomez

29-year-old Cuban American

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29-year-old Cuban American, getting his PHD at UCLA focusing on Cuban American History; American born and raised, his father fled Cuba during the Mariel Boatlift of 1980

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President Obama says isolation and punishment have not forced Communist Cuba to change, so he’s reversing 50 years of diplomatic policy.

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President Obama says isolation and punishment have not forced Communist Cuba to change, so he’s reversing 50 years of diplomatic policy.

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