Cuba's Natural Disaster: A Good Time to Life the US Embargo and End a Failed Policy

November 13, 2008

Original publication: Political Affairs

Date of publication: October 24, 2008

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "If the government of the United States is really willing to cooperate with the Cuban people in the face of the tragedy of the hurricane, it is requested to allow the sale to Cuba of those materials considered indispensable and to temporarily suspend the trade restrictions that prevent U.S. companies from offering private commercial credits to our country for the purchase of food in the United States."

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