• Submitted by: lena campos
• Politics and Government
• 08 / 14 / 2012

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Univision reports on a Mitt Romney radio interview in Florida, aimed at calming any concerns about Paul Ryan's formerly less-than-hard-line views on the Cuba embargo:

Ryan caught flak from some in the Cuban-American exile community for voting against the embargo as a member of Congress in 2001 and 2004. The community is a powerful force in South Florida GOP politics that strongly backs the embargo, so Ryan’s votes had caused somewhat of an uproar even though his stance evolved and he opposed a measure that would have weakened the embargo in 2007.

Romney appeared on Miami’s Radio Mambí — a Spanish-language station catered to the exile community — and explained that Ryan changed his position after meeting with South Florida Cuban lawmakers Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart.

“They convinced him that the embargo is an important effort to put pressure on the Castro brothers,” Romney said. “His position is like mine, he wants to maintain pressure on the Cuban regime.”

Source: Politico.com