Doesn't Fidel watch CNN?...Didn't he see what happened to Iraq?

[JohnnyRingo]

During the Xmas week this story slipped past me, but I bet Dick Cheney heard:

Castro Announces Crude Oil Discovery

By Associated Press

December 25, 2004, 7:09 PM EST

HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro said a crude oil deposit has been discovered off Cuba containing up to 100 million barrels, good news for a country that imports about half the petroleum it needs.
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Cuba currently produces 75,000 barrels daily, about half of what it needs. It imports most of the rest, much of it on favorable terms from political ally Venezuela.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-cuba-oil,0,1498670,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines