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14.04.2009, 01:42

“US no closer to lifting Cuba embargo”

The U.S. President has introduced measures to ease travel and money transfers to Cuba for Cuban Americans, but nobody sees it as a step towards easing the embargo, says Andres Martinez from the New America Foundation.

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US takes a step towards Cuba, foregoing plots to kill Fidel

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Embargo on Cuba is an anachronism

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25.11.2009, 08:43 177 comments

Pastor sees pure evil in Obama

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Obama handles Cuba blockade with velvet glove

Published: 14 April, 2009, 14:36


Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP

President Barack Obama has lifted some of the restrictions for Cuban Americans wishing to stay in touch with their native soil, but has stopped short of ending the decades-old trade embargo that's left Cuba struggling.

 
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