The Democratic Party's candidate for the vice presidency of the U.S., Kamala Harris, has previously expressed her opposition to the embargo on Cuba, as recalled by several news outlets.
The Tampa Bay Times reported on statements made by Harris in 2020 regarding her recent appointment by Joe Biden to represent the Democrats in the upcoming November elections.
The Florida newspaper reported that "Harris believes we should end the failed trade embargo and have a smarter approach that empowers Cuban civil society and the Cuban-American community to drive progress and freely determine their own future."
On that occasion, the newspaper had sent a series of questions to the Democratic candidates in the primaries, including Harris, about issues of interest to the state, such as the relationship with Cuba.
However, her political rivals did not take long to criticize Harris. Among them, President Donald Trump, who called her "disagreeable," "horrible," and "fake," according to the news portal 14 y Medio.
Also in 2020, Kamala Harris, then the Democratic candidate for the vice presidency of the U.S., stated that if Joe Biden reached the presidency, he would reverse Donald Trump's failed policies. However, she also warned that "the embargo is the law" and it was not expected to disappear in the short term.
"We will roll back Trump's failed policies. And as he did previously as vice president, Joe Biden will also demand the release of political prisoners and make human rights a central piece of the diplomatic relationship," Harris, the first woman vice president of the United States, stated in an interview with EFE.
This Sunday, the current president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced his withdrawal from the presidential race ahead of the elections on November 5; however, upon stepping back from the campaign, the president offered his support to his vice president, Kamala Harris.
"Democratic colleagues, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to concentrate all my energies on my duties as president for the remainder of my term," Biden stated in a message posted on his personal account on the social network X.
"My first decision as the party's candidate in 2020 was to choose Kamala Harris as my vice president. And it has been the best decision I have made," the president stated to emphasize the potential nomination of his current vice president.
“Today I want to offer all my support and backing for Kamala to be our party's candidate this year. Democrats: it’s time to unite and defeat Trump. Let’s do it,” concluded Biden.
Recently, former U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden after he referred to Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump."
On Thursday, at a press conference where the Democratic leader was trying to prove that he is capable of continuing in the White House, Biden made a blunder by calling Kamala Harris "President Trump" and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
Before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, a survey conducted by the CNN television network revealed that Harris had clear options to surpass Joe Biden in the electoral race to decide the next president.
Harris was garnering more attention from voters ahead of the November fifth showdown that will decide the country's leader, competing against former president Donald Trump, according to CNN.
The survey indicated that if the situation remained the same, with a face-off between Biden and Trump, 49% of voters would trust the Republican and 43% would trust the Democrat.
However, if Harris were the Democratic Party candidate, 47% of voters would vote for Trump and 45% for her. In either option, Republicans seem likely to outpace Democrats in the final decision, CNN emphasized.
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