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Mariela Castro (C), daughter of President Raul Castro, takes part in a march against homophobia, May 17, in Cienfuegos. Speaking via an interpreter at her first public event Wednesday in a trip to San Francisco castro, Mariela Castro, Fidel Castro's niece, hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama."

Mariela Castro (C), daughter of President Raul Castro, takes part in a march against homophobia, May 17, in Cienfuegos. Speaking via an interpreter at her first public event Wednesday in a trip to San Francisco castro, Mariela Castro, Fidel Castro's niece, hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama."