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...faction of it composed of early exiles, many of whom are grouped in the Cuban American National Foundation. It was after meeting with them at the White House that Clinton followed up his decision to bar the refugees by forbidding U.S. residents to send money to relatives in Cuba and by cracking down on the charter flights by which families could visit those left behind. The moves especially distressed younger and more recent refugees who still have relatives in Cuba. But the steps were urged by the Cuban-American foundation, whose members have often had little contact with the island...
...drop-off may have resulted only from the heavy rain, high winds and stormy waters that threatened to swamp the pitifully unseaworthy rafts before they could reach the picket line of more than 70 U.S. Coast Guard and Navy vessels patrolling beyond the 12-mile territorial limit off Cuba's northern coast...
...proclaims that it will never let any of those interned in Guantanamo enter the American mainland, many Cubans preparing to flee, as well as those already in Gitmo, refuse to believe it. Others might even prefer camp life with three meals a day in Guantanamo to hunger in Cuba...
...that Clinton would then either have to allow the very entry of refugees into the U.S. that he considers so politically disastrous or institute a still tougher policy. Yet an outright blockade to bottle them up is not a practical alternative when scores of friendly nations trade actively with Cuba. In fact, Washington has enough on its plate lining up hemispheric support for a possible invasion of Haiti: this week high-ranking officials will travel to a meeting of the Caribbean community in hopes of formalizing their approval. The obvious alternative is to open wide-ranging discussions with Castro aimed...
Administration aides have some intellectual arguments for maintaining a cold war stance toward Cuba. Washington officials insist that the U.S. embargo is not a significant cause of Cuba's economic desperation, which stems primarily from the loss of its Soviet lifeline and Castro's subsequent refusal to make free-market reforms. While the U.S. negotiates with other repressive communist regimes like Vietnam, North Korea and China, officials say these are cases where the U.S. has important strategic interests to safeguard: nuclear nonproliferation in the case of North Korea, a booming trade with China. In contrast, says an Administration official...