US tightens embargo.(CUBA)(more aggressively violators of a US trade embargo against Cuba)(Brief article)

From: Caribbean Update | Date: November 1, 2006 | Copyright information

US TIGHTENS EMBARGO. The United States will pursue more aggressively violators of a US trade embargo against Cuba, reports AFP (Oct. 11, 2006). Alexander Acosta, head of US prosecutors in Florida, announced creation of a task force which "will strengthen enforcement of sanctions against the Castro regime with the aim of hastening a transition to democracy in Cuba." Acosta promised to prosecute import and export of ...

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