Word: embargos
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...more autonomy to farmers, and allowed people in more than 135 small-time occupations, from shoe repair to haircutting, to work for themselves. "For 30 years we did not do anything like this," Fidel told a group of 175 Americans visiting Cuba in violation of the 32-year U.S. embargo, "but the realities of today's life have forced us to do this. It is painful, but we have no other choice...
...visitor can miss the real hatred Cubans express for their countrymen in Miami -- despised for fleeing, feared for their threats to take back their property, blamed for the U.S. embargo that prevents Cuba from seeking assistance from friendlier Western nations. "We will never accept a government dictated by Miami," says Sanchez...
...embargo, in place for 32 years, comes across to Cubans as an attempt to starve them into bringing Castro down. As the rigors of the "special period" worsen, Fidel has appealed to Cuba's fierce nationalism and its image of itself as a David fighting Goliath. He has made Uncle Sam the scapegoat for the country's economic disaster. Sophisticated citizens may not buy the argument, but at a visceral level it has helped reinforce Cubans' siege mentality. Congress's decision last year to toughen the embargo by barring foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies from trading with the island embitters...
...primary thing that is killing people is not the sanctions, but the intimidation and violence in Haiti right now.The only way to help the poor people in Haiti isto increase our humanitarian aid and to strengthenthe embargo," Hammock said...
...with the military leaders while not seeming to hand them a political victory. In private, Clinton has spoken of his decision not to send any American troops to Haiti. Instead he plans to create a "duststorm" of diversions, foremost among them a tightening of the international arms and oil embargo. Publicly the President warned Haiti's military leaders that if they thwarted "democracy's return," they would be "making a grave mistake." But he also spoke of "America's commitment to finding a negotiated settlement...