Cubans, exhausted and impoverished by 44 years of a U.S. economic embargo, have seized on Kerry's support for an end to the U.S. travel ban as evidence the bitter, confrontational relationship with Washington could change if he is elected.
Kerry hasn't suggested a major revision of U.S. policy toward Cuba, but Cubans eager to see more Americans in their midst pin their hopes on his victory in expectation the situation couldn't get worse.