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Trade with Cuba? ... could be.(economic sanctions against Cuba recently relaxed by United States)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Frozen Food Digest
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February 1, 2001
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U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba were recently relaxed, allowing U.S. food and agricultural sales to the island that's only 90 miles from Florida. The legislation does, however, include strict licensing and financial provisions that exporters must follow.
Cuba's Economic Collapse
The U.S. imposed its first trade and financial embargo against Cuba in 1962. For Cuba, it led to increased import costs, lower levels of production, higher food prices, chronic food shortages, and a heavy dependence on Soviet support. With the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet ...
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AGRICULTURAL SALES TO CUBA KEEP RISING DESPITE EMBARGO & ADMINISTRATION POLICY CRACKDOWN.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
; Since late 2001, US exports to Cuba have gone from next to nothing...state competing to sell in the Cuban market. While US President George...sales of food and medicine to Cuba on humanitarian grounds without...private export credits, forcing Cuba to pay cash. While advertised...because of the ...
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Paradox rules in Cuba: where 'the simplest things are always the most complicated'.(CUBA)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; Part 1 of 2 on Cuba Part I looks at daily life as Cubans experience...Part 2 will look at the Catholic church in Cuba today. Salvador Marquez is an industrial...his mother-in-law's apartment because of Cuba's chronic housing shortage. Yet when his...
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Oil debt to Venezuela soars.(Cuba)
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update
; ...Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has become Cuba's biggest financial supporter since the...decade ago. Over the past three years, Cuba has run up a massive debt of US$752 million...Though Venezuelan officials deny that Cuba is falling behind, people familiar with...
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Priming the Cuban market. (International Coating Scene).(demand for paints and coatings)
Magazine article from: Coatings World
; ...have led the way back into the Cuban market, selling tens of millions of...the U.S. trade embargo with Cuba currently prohibits the sale...some $2 billion per year in Cuba, or half of all hard currency...quarter of all investments in Cuba are made in tourism, into which...
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CUBA: U.S. INVESTORS EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES IN CUBA AT CANCUN CONFERENCE.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
; ...Trade and Economic Council. Although the embargo against Cuba would seem to prevent US companies from doing business...firms to profit from earnings of partners operating in Cuba. Under the ruling, companies subject to US law may, under...country companies that have commercial activities in Cuba. To ...
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CUBA GAINS AFFILIATION, LOSES FUNDS.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
; ...announced that the EU would not include Cuba in an aid agreement adopted at Cotonou...2000-10-20). The EU has demanded that Cuba make certain political changes as a condition...78 former European colonies--including Cuba--which are eligible to receive US$12.7...
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Desperation Island.(Cuba: The Morning After -- Confronting Castro's Legacy)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: National Review
; Cuba: The Morning After -- Confronting Castro's Legacy, by Mark...will die -- as unlikely as it seems some days. He has ruled Cuba for 45 years now. It so happens that this is the same amount...Falcoff points out in this new book, Castro has reigned over Cuba for almost half of the country's independent ...
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A revolution of necessity: crisis forces conservation in Cuba.
Magazine article from: E
; Another revolution is taking place in Cuba, and this time it's environmental. Few...Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, which left Cuba without major benefactors and with a host...countries to choose between trading with Cuba or with the U.S., and reduces aid to any...
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U.S. EXPORTS TO CUBA SURGE.
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update
; ...109.4 million in goods to Cuba from Jan.-Sept. 2002, reports...period in 2001, U.S. exports to Cuba were valued at US$2.3 million...since late last year: The Cuban market's increasing value has deepened...relaxation of trade barriers. Cuba must pay U.S. companies cash...farm families; ...
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Jiang visit to Cuba highlights mutual interest in restraining US influence.(president Jiang Zemin, China)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: America's Insider
; ...significant convergence of interests between Cuba and China, two nations whose relations have been rocky at times. Although Cuba has largely halted its economic collapse...where China is ready to help. For China, Cuba is a possible base for intelligence gathering...
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