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Elian Gonzalez was supposed to restore the flagging fortunes of the Cuban-American exile leadership; instead he may have turned into their worst nightmare. The six-year-old flew back to Havana Wednesday afternoon, and not only were the streets of Miami quiet, but the 38-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba - whose cause the exile leadership hoped to bolster through their Elian campaign - appears to be crumbling too. The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to hear an appeal against the ruling by two lower courts upholding the government decision to recognize his father as his sole legal representative and therefore...
...stop a bill authorizing a partial lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba from reaching the House floor. Embarrassing Lott is the fact that the measure was initiated by Washington Republican representative George Nethercutt; even more embarrassing is that despite the efforts by GOP congressional leaders to maintain the Cuba-embargo shibboleth on the Hill, Nethercutt and his allies - many of whom are Republicans - may have enough support to force a vote...
...arms embargo won't stop the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, but it'll be a blow to the cash flow of the arms industry in various former Soviet states. The U.N. Security Council late Wednesday unanimously approved a one-year embargo on the supply and maintenance of weapons to both countries in a bid to bring an end to the latest round of fighting in a border war that has cost tens of thousands of lives over the past two years. "Realistically, though, everybody knows that the embargo won't end the fighting now because both sides have stockpiled...
...Russia had initially been opposed to an arms embargo, however, and with good reason. The two countries may be facing starvation from famine, but the BBC reports that Ethiopia and Eritrea's war has cost both countries somewhere around $1 million a day for the past two years - much of it spent on weapons from Russia and its former Soviet satellites. The Russians, for example, sold Ethiopia eight Sukhoi 27 fighters 18 months ago at a cost of $150 million, and then received a similar amount from Eritrea for a batch of MiG-29 fighters and more for a handful...
...with the amicable secession of Eritrea in 1993, following the overthrow of Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam. Both countries insist Badme falls on their side of the geographically invisible line, and they appear willing to commit tens of thousands of lives to win the argument. "Everyone knows an arms embargo won't do anything to end the fighting because there are so many weapons stockpiled in both countries," says Dowell. "But an embargo will certainly impede both countries' ability to wage war a few years from now." And present experience suggests that may be a rather sound investment...