Claim: Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."
Fact-check: In 2008 Obama said normalization with Cuba would require Democratic reforms, Mario Diaz-Balart says
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Amy Sherman
Date published: 2014-12-23T00:00:00