So, you still think there’s an embargo XXXVI
We’ve written for years on the half-assed embargo of Cuba - some things embargoed, some not, states cowtowing to fidel for business, businesses organizing to ship even more to Cuba, and a push to eliminate the requirement at Cuba pay before the goods are shipped.
Now from Net For Cuba
What Cuba Embargo?
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So, you still think there’s an embargo - XXXV
California’s agriculture and food secretary, A. G. Kawamura is on a visit to fidel’s tropical workers’ paradise this week, and for a change, The Associated Press begins to see a bit of the apartheid:
California hopes it can carve out an upscale market for such goodies as pistachios, figs, kiwi fruit and wine in Cuba, the [...]
So, you still think there’s an embargo - XXXIV
Business executives and politicians in the U.S. continue their treks to fidel’s tropical island gulag with the idea of making a fast buck. The Sacramento Business Journal reports on the latest from California.
Eleven companies, led by A.G. Kawamura, the state’s food and agriculture secretary, will visit Cuba Jan. 21-24 to market California agricultural products [...]
Cuba Conundrum
That’s the headline on a story from Saskatchewan. It seems a snowbound Canadian wants to go on a tropical vacation - which means Cuba - but, sigh, there are concerns.
But there are important considerations involved in deciding to pour one’s vacation dollars into a country with such a despicable human-rights record. For me, this is [...]
So, you still think there’s an embargo, XXXIII
A lot of folks believe there is really an effective embargo against Cuba. Some even follow fidel’s assertion and call it a blockade. Look, then, at this from the International Herald Tribune.
Wearing a Santa suit and a wide grin, a wealthy Florida rancher doled out sneakers and sweets to Cuban children on Sunday, bringing holiday [...]
