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UNITED NATIONS--Cuba yesterday withdrew its resolution seeking an end to the U.S. economic embargo against the island nation. Havana's ambassador angrily accused the United States of intimidating the measure's wouldbe supporters...
Alarcon accused the U.S. government of "a campaign of intimidation, threats and pressure" directed at Latin American and other nations which were considering voting with Cuba against the 30-year-old embargo...
...Moscow for funds and is wooing Washington to attract trade and investment. Egypt has a de jure peace with Israel, Jordan a de facto one. Lebanon is struggling after 16 years of civil war. Iraq is prostrate. And the Palestinians are virtually without patrons. The threat of an oil embargo that could paralyze the U.S. seems distant, given Washington's strong post-Desert Storm ties with Saudi Arabia. Even the hostage crisis is subsiding...
...leadership in exploring peace options. But Britain remained opposed to sending peacekeepers without a peace to keep. Unless all of Yugoslavia's factions invite such a force, said British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, an "open- ended commitment" is doomed. Hurd argued for economic sanctions, perhaps an oil embargo...
...dissatisfaction is particularly acute today. Last August, Cuba tightened its rationing measures because of Soviet aid cutbacks and the long-standing U.S. embargo. Every Cuban is entitled to only two rolls a day and less than a pound of meat every nine days. Particularly painful to the fashion-conscious young is rationing that limits them to just one new dress, a pair of pants and a pair of dress shoes a year. Grandmothers hand over their yearly ration of textile coupons to the young; mothers sell their gold jewelry for consumer goods like TVs and radios. "Those under...