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  • US Official Strongly Endorses Cuban Trade Embargo

    03/13/2002 12:21:55 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 1 replies · 491+ views
    CNSNews ^ | 3/13/02 | Jim Burns
    In his first speech since joining the State Department in January, Assistant Secretary of State Otto Reich said Tuesday that the Cuban economic embargo will remain in effect under the Bush administration. quot;We are not going to help Fidel Castro stay in power by opening up our markets to Cuba,quot; said Reich during a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a private research group based in Washington. Reich also vowed that the administration will resist congressional pressure for closer ties to Cuba because the Castro government is quot;murderous and dictatorial.quot; The United States can speed a democratic...