The Atlantic
magazine referred to Ted Cruz as the “most hated man in
Washington,” but his shock win in the Iowa caucuses—gaining 28
percent of the vote to Donald Trump's 24 percent—suggests he's not
so unpopular with the people.
Nor is Marco
Rubio, another Republican of Latin American heritage, who gained a
surprisingly high 23 percent with many now believing him to be the
favorite.
However,
despíte their backgrounds the conservative lawmakers have strong and
hostile views toward Latin America.
Cruz is of
Cuban descent and from a family that reportedly backed the Cuban
Revolution—his father allegedly was a member of Fidel Castro's July
26 Movement—but Cruz, like many of his Republican contemporaries,
opposes the Obama administration's effort at improving relations with
Cuba.
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worrisome was Cruz's support for violent right-wing protests in
Venezuela in 2014 that aimed to topple the government of President
Nicolas Maduro.
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