Mainers Linked to Cuba Hope Change Is On the Way ; More Business and Greater Cultural Exchanges Would Benefit the People of Both Countries, They Say.

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For Jorge Abiague, Tuesday's news that Fidel Castro would step down as Cuba's president was a nice surprise.

"It means a lot of change for Cubans. This will be good for all of us," said Abiague, who was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was a teenager.

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Mainers Linked to Cuba Hope Change Is On the Way ; More Business and Greater Cultural Exchanges Would Benefit the People of Both Countries, They Say.

Abiague, 28, is a flyweight boxer with the Portland Boxing Club. While his father is in Florida, his mother remains in Cuba.

Although Maine's native Cuban community is tiny compared with Florida's, there are people in Ma...

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