[Cincinatus' Wife]

There is no blockade of Cuba.

(November 23, 2001)-Most Latins disapprove of Castro, survey says--The finding comes days before this weekend's Ibero-American Summit in Peru, a forum where Castro has often attracted the lion's share of the attention from the media -- and from other participants, in some cases -- in spite of representing a country at variance with the prevailing democratic currents in the region. Saladrigas said he hoped that knowledge of the poll would prod Latin American leaders to take a more outspoken position against Castro and the Cuban government. (Castro sent a last minute letter of regret to the Summit---he said he was needed at home)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

If 167 nations voted to swap spit with Castro, there must not be much of an embargo.

[RippleFire]

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Havana's foreign minister, Felipe Perez Roque, last month denounced Washington for waging an ``ineffective unjustifiable bombing campaign'' in Afghanistan.

So now I guess its just unjustifiable?

When do we start bombing Cuba??

[GoreIsLove]

``for the nearly 6,000 U.S. companies and citizens'' whose properties were nationalized after the 1959 revolution.

What about the Cuban citizens at the time whose properties and possessions were "nationalized" (Orwellian for stolen)?

[The Vast Right Wing]

'Those opposing the resolution, in addition to the United States, were Israel and the Marshall Islands'

This is why the US should support Israel. They are the only country in the world that nearly always supports Uncle Sam. Even the UK pales in comparison.

[Digger]

WHY ARE WE IN THE UN,WHY?????

[Landru]

"The U.N. General Assembly, for the 10th consecutive year, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for an end to the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, with Havana saying not even most Americans approved of the 4-decade-old sanctions."

I'm going to pass the chance to speculate on the sanity of such an august body as this one voting ten consecutive years & getting ten consecutive *nos* in response to their *vote* doing it yet again next year...

I find it more than interesting Havana's speaking for the average United States' citizen on this matter.
Unless of course, they're getting this bilge straight from the mouths of Daschle & Gephardt?

...which is a distinct possibility.

[Bonaparte]

"...condemnation of the blockade remained unchanged."

Somebody should explain to Eleanor Leopold the difference between a trade embargo and a "blockade." She obviously doesn't know.

[colorado tanker]

I offer a contrary view. I'm an anti-communist who believes the US should have invaded Cuba and deposed Castro. But embargoes don't work; they only harm US farmers and businesses. (Except for strategic goods and commodities, but that's another story.) The Cuba embargo leaks like a sieve because we're the only country honoring it.

We ought to do to Cuba what W. Germany did to E. Germany - flood the island with US goods, TV, radio, CD's, tourists, etc. until the Cuban people demand an end to communism and a joinder with the West.

[shaggy eel]

,,, isn't China one of those countries who voted on this UN big stick issue? The threats from China over countries trading with or recognising Taiwan as a stand alone have stood up over the years in China's favour. The UN is serving China very well in that regard and as it builds up a presence in the Caribbean.