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Latin America

joelz

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4. My country permits its citizens to go to any country they chose so I have been 4x to Cuba nice and

Reply to Catherina (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:13 AM

Mar 2013

friendly i just don't get the embargo crap but another 10 years or so and the Castro brothers might be gone but the people seem to like socialism.
Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba. The US has had its hands in much of these terror attacks. The impact on the Cuban civilian population has been enormous, with over 1,000 documented incidents resulting in more than 3,000 deaths and 2,000 injuries.

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Correa Condemns U.S. Blockade of Cuba at Inter-Parliamentary Meeting [View all] Catherina Mar 2013 OP

He's right and good for him for saying it. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #1

So true, well said nt flamingdem Mar 2013 #2

The pipsqueak squeaks Zorro Mar 2013 #3

Zorro squeaks his pip! Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #10

Pardon me Zorro Mar 2013 #12

My country permits its citizens to go to any country they chose so I have been 4x to Cuba nice and joelz Mar 2013 #4

I don't know why the US keeps thinking that if it can just get one man out of the way Catherina Mar 2013 #5

I think you make your own point naaman fletcher Mar 2013 #8

The Cuban blockade is beyond stupid at this point. It is human rights issue. Castro is gone. n/t kickysnana Mar 2013 #6

It is a human rights issue, as you say. It's the longest ongoing economic war Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #7

It's misleading to call this a blockade. It's an embargo, which is much less provocative. Jim Lane Mar 2013 #9

The current application of this embargo has been protested globally Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #11

Applying U.S. law to foreign subsidiaries of U.S. corporations Jim Lane Mar 2013 #13

The embargo also prohibits the sale from national companies based in their own countries Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #14