Summary The lengthy economic embargo against the communist island "just hasn't worked."
WASHINGTON: (AP) - Sen. Rand Paul says starting to trade with Cuba "is probably a good idea" and the lengthy economic embargo against the communist island "just hasn t worked."
Paul is the first potential Republican presidential candidate to offer some support for President Barack Obama s decision to seek to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba.
Paul says in a radio interview Thursday that many younger Cuban Americans support opening up trade with Cuba. He says many U.S. farmers support open trade with the country because it would be a new market for their crops.
The senator says if the goal is regime change, the embargo doesn t seem to be working. Other Republicans accused Obama of appeasing the Castro regime.
