MIAMI -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he wouldn’t lift the trade embargo against Cuba, but he would loosen restrictions on Cuban-Americans traveling and sending money to the communist island.

Obama campaigned in Miami on Saturday. The Cuban-exile vote is considered key to winning Florida, and top presidential candidates have generally followed the recommendations of the community’s most hard-line and vocal leaders, who support a full embargo against Castro’s government.

But many in the large Cuban American community want to be able to visit and help family and support the idea of looser restrictions.

Obama also wooed younger voters at a South Beach nightclub.

During one of his Saturday appearances, dozens of protestors rallied outside as Obama kicked off his "GO" or "Go Obama" initiative in Miami.

They held signs accusing Obama of sympathizing with Fidel Castro and yelled for him to go home.