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Reply #37: Oh, I getcha! Cuba has actually declined the offer, and requested the U.S DROPS THE EMBARGO, instead [View All]

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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-17-08 02:23 PM
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37. Oh, I getcha! Cuba has actually declined the offer, and requested the U.S DROPS THE EMBARGO, instead
They weren't soliciting a handout, and have always asked to be able to do business with the food producers, etc. right here, close to them, rather than paying horrendous shipping costs getting the food from far away, not to mention all the materials the U.S. has put of of their reach, like medical supplies, hospital equipment, and everything mechanical with even a part in it with a patent from the U.S. even though it is produced outside the U.S., in a completely different country.

The U.S. has created an extra-territorial ban prohibiting companies in other countries from doing business with Cuba if they hope to also do business in the U.S. Other countries protested these measures as being completely contrary to international law when they were ennacted. It's really time to retire this sneaky, ham-handed chokehold on the Cuban people.

Cubans are saying, "stop crushing us, get your foot off our necks."

The embargo is what Cuba has been interested in changing, as it truly is economic warfare going back over 4 decades, and it's ferociously destructive to their way of living, which is its purpose.

They truly don't want gifts from the U.S. taxpayers. That's the game of factions within the Cuban "exile" American community in South Florida, who suck up tens of millions of dollars annually in their schemes they've been running ever since they were removed from power in Cuba.
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