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Latin America

Zorro

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12. Pardon me

Reply to Peace Patriot (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 08:39 AM

Mar 2013

did you squeak?

All Correa is doing is setting the stage to play the victim when Ecuador's favored trade status with the US is not renewed in a couple of months.

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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