Mitt Romney, while campaigning in a third world country Miami, committed a faux pas. (The video of the event was recently removed from this pro-Mitt Romney blog.):

People chuckled when presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon raised in Michigan and elected in Massachusetts, bungled the names of Cuban-American politicians during a recent speech in Miami. But when he mistakenly associated Fidel Castro’s trademark speech-ending slogan — Patria o muerte, venceremos! — with a free Cuba, listeners didn’t laugh. They winced.

Castro has closed his speeches with the phrase — in English, ‘’Fatherland or death, we shall overcome'’ — for decades. ‘’Clearly, that’s something he was ill-advised on or didn’t do his homework on,'’ said Hialeah City Council President Esteban Bovo. “When you get cute with slogans, you get yourself into a trap.'’

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Romney delivered a speech to the Miami-Dade Republican Party March 9 that was heavy on anti-communist rhetoric but light on policy details. He also condemned the Venezuelan president who has embraced Castro. That’s when he tripped. ‘’Hugo Chávez has tried to steal an inspiring phrase — Patria o muerte, venceremos,'’ Romney said. “It does not belong to him. It belongs to a free Cuba.'’

No, it doesn’t, said University of Miami Professor Jaime Suchlicki. ‘’It belongs to Fidel,'’ said Suchlicki, an expert on Cuban history. “I don’t know where [Romney] got that.'’

As James Joyner said, its probably not a big deal because this didn't show up in the press until 10 days after his speech. But between this, and flip-flopping on abortion and campaign finance reform, and trying to court social conservatives while saying Republicans were wrong to get involved in the Terri Schiavo case and condemning Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace's comment that homosexuality is immoral, keeping track of Romney's blunders is a overwhelming task.