


Manny Diaz
Young Cuban-American groups emerge as Obama allies
Young Cuban-American groups emerge as Obama allies

For a handful of Cuban-Americans, President Barack Obama's new Cuba policy wasn't much of a shocker. For months, they quietly advised the White House in hopes of shaping a new policy towards the communist-run nation. "A lot of what the president announced is what we, and others in Miami, have been doing for a long time," said Felice Gorordo, co-founder of Roots of Hope, a non-partisan group of Cuban-American university students and young professionals. Their mission: closer contact with the island to build mutual understanding - a point of view that's often at odds with their parents and grandparents. But they offer much more than policy advice. Obama is...