EMBARGO AGAINST CASTRO IS DEAD, KILLED BY GREED

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: July 26, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

MIGUEL PEREZ
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-26-2000
EMBARGO AGAINST CASTRO IS DEAD, KILLED BY GREED
By MIGUEL PEREZ
Date: 07-26-2000, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

In the end, it wasn't American resolve against communism that made
us change our policy toward Cuba. It wasn't our alleged concern for
human rights violations, or for the 40 years of pain and suffering
endured by 11 million people some 90 miles away from our shores. It
wasn't because we were appalled by the agony caused by a ruthless,
murdering dictator.

It wasn't even because ...

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