Plan For Cuba Ferry Terminal Reveals Shift In Miami Politics

"It won't be long until passengers will be able to take a ferry to Cuba from Miami, an idea that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago in a city that's home to Cuban exiles who fled from the Castro regime. The Obama administration approved licenses last year to companies that want to run ferries to Cuba. Several are interested. Still, it came as a surprise last week when the port of Miami said it's considering building a new ferry terminal on land that had been slated for development."

"'For me, it seems to be a very logical opportunity,' Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez says. 'There is interest.'"

"There was criticism from some in the Cuban-American community, but compared to the firestorm anything involving Cuba has often sparked in the past, it's a sign that in Miami, times have changed."