There is a gentleman who played an important role in this matter who Bajans should immediately recognize.

Balance

If the USA was not so close and if Cuba’s enemies, the ones who were allowed to gather their things and leave were not so hell bent on destroying all that was developed in their absence, things in Cuba would be so much different … Ass !

Sometimes we forget why Cuba finds itself in its current position. Sometimes if not all the time we wonder why China which has a similar system of government is able to attract ‘favoured trading status’ from first world nations namely the USA.

Let the hypocrisy continue!

@David tell me something ….don’t u think there is ah reason the US is giving us all of this money, equipment,free training to fight the herb trade? don’t u think if we got the UWI and followed the route of the US we could cut back on the man power and money we spend fighting ah war we would never win after all we all know in good time we gine have to accept de gay marriage or face some pressure from de west …….ya hear wha de ppl saying DE WORLD CHANGING plus in might bring de tourist we looking for

@Equal Rights

It is all about reciprocity.

i believe in time to come, i may not be living. de US gine developed ah pharmaceutical drug from ganja and sell we

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I would never say the current Cabinet of Barbados is weak
by Agyeman Kofi on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 10:32pm ·
THE DRONES ARE HERE
Here is a transcript every Barbadian should read. To say I am happy on the Barbados Government pronouncement on this Drones in the Caribbean would be lying. Weak leaders make poor decisions. The quiet among Barbadians is alarming. Who will guard the guards.
Lisa R. Elcock
5 hours ago
“I remember being a young then student of international relations and engrossed in deep political debate at the Mona campus over the Ship Rider Agreement and the stance that various Caribbean countries took on that issue. I was so proud to have my country stand up and be counted and say NO. I was proud that others were proud of us even though their country signed on. We took a similar position when the issue of Article 98 exemptions came up on the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. Some regional states bowed and signed. We said NO!  Then I opened my paper today and saw the headline “Yes to Drones” and I sighed….
Different issues, different approaches, but the principle has always been the same….deep sigh….”                               “Lisa R. Elcock
‘agreed in principle. Not for us at least. The same thing with the Article 98 exemptions. But for some regional countries that was not the case. One country I know had their coast guard vessel grounded for a while because they were dependent on aid for everything down to fuel for the patrol vessel! We lost a few scholarships initially to the military academy or at least were in danger of having that happen but we still said no. So we have always had every reason to say exactly what you said there was no major fall out for saying no. But great pride that we were in a position to do so AND did it!”

there are those whose hatred of the USA clouds their vision about the plight of the cuban people under Fidel. its; as if the people are nonexistence.

What are the sanctions against Zimbabwe and why are they illegal?

Despite embargo, U.S. is Cuba’s main food supplier
By Weissert Will

Associated Press

Havana – Since 2003, one country has been the main supplier of food to Fidel Castro’s Cuba: the United States.

Surprised? You have good company.

Many Americans think their government’s 45-year-old embargo blocks all trade with the communist government, but the United States is the top supplier of food and agricultural products to Cuba. In fact, many Cubans depend on rations grown in Arkansas and North Dakota for their rice and beans.

Since December 1999, governors, senators and congressmen from at least 28 U.S. states have visited Cuba, most to talk trade. They keep coming: Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman flew in Sunday with a farm delegation. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter of Idaho plans a visit next month.

Cash-only sales

Washington’s sanctions choke off most trade with Cuba, but a law passed by Congress in 2000 authorized cash-only purchases of U.S. food and agricultural products and was cheered by major U.S. farm firms like Archer Daniels Midland Co. interested in the untapped Cuban market.

Cuba refused to import one grain of rice for more than a year because of a dispute over financing, but finally agreed to take advantage of the law after Hurricane Michelle in November 2001 cut into its food stocks.

Since then, Cuba has paid more than $1.5 billion for American food and agricultural products, said John Kavulich, senior policy adviser at the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council of New York.

The $340 million in exports in 2006 represented a drop of about 3 percent from 2005, which was down from nearly $392 million in 2004. Kavulich said the decline was caused mostly by generous subsidies and credits from Venezuela and China.

Also sending cows

But the U.S. remains on top. Its main exports to Cuba include chicken, wheat, corn, rice and soybeans – much of it doled out to Cubans on the government ration. The United States also sends Cuba brand-name cola, mayonnaise, hot sauce and candy bars, as well as dairy cows.

Kirby Jones, founder of the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association in Washington, said Cuba’s food import company Alimport has an entire department dedicated to American purchases.

Jones was in Cuba this month with Arkansas chicken exporters, Nebraska bean growers and officials from the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas.

“Hundreds and hundreds of American executives have come down here,” he said. “(Cuban officials) know how to talk to us.”

An assistant to Pedro Alvarez, Alimport’s chairman, said the company could not comment without authorization from Cuban press officials.

But Cuban parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcon has said Havana does not expect the U.S. embargo to be eased under President Bush. The current administration tightened restrictions in 2004, further limiting U.S. travel and imposing stricter rules for Cuban payments on U.S. goods.

Don Mason of the Iowa Corn Growers Association agreed, saying he was “less than optimistic” Washington will make it easier to trade with Cuba any time soon. He said the association ships on the order of 450,000 metric tons of corn to the island each year.

Law limits change

Any significant change in U.S. policy would be difficult under the 1996 Helms-Burton law, which prohibits normalization of relations with Cuba as long as 80-year-old Fidel Castro or his brother Raul are in charge. Fidel temporarily ceded power to Raul after emergency intestinal surgery in July.

Despite repeated moves in Congress to ease or eliminate the sanctions, the embargo still has supporters from both parties in both houses.

U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, introduced a bill in February seeking to promote American agricultural sales to the island by letting Cuba directly wire payments to U.S. banks rather than route them through third countries. But a similar measure introduced in 2005 was not approved.

Some believe American interest in Cuba’s new oil exploration efforts could change the political tide.

The island plans deep-water drilling, searching for deposits of crude oil less than 100 miles from Florida’s coast. Energy companies from China, India, Spain and elsewhere are interested in investing, but American firms are shut out.

U.S. senators Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, and Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, introduced a measure this month that would open Cuban waters to U.S. oil and natural gas companies.

“If that passes, the embargo goes out the window,” Jones said. “We’re not talking about mayonnaise now. We’re talking about million and millions of dollars.”

@BAFFLEHIMSELF
I must say that your ramblings on hypocricy are certainly in order, although you conveniently neglect to report the equivalent when it comes to your leftie friends. No the lefties are paragons of virtue and therefore deserve a free pass?

Antúnez released under threat of prolonged imprisonment. He denounces racist aggressions by the Castro Regime.
By Cuban Democratic Directorate

Placetas, June 13, 2012. Cuban Democratic Directorate. The well known Cuban Resistance leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antunez” was released from prison early in the morning of Wednesday, June 13,2012 after having been beaten and battered during his arrest. The Castro Regime officials also threatened Antúnez with prolonged incarceration. “I have just been released and I want to thank all those people both nationally and internationally, who carried out such a strong campaign for my release. I want to thank all of the members of the US Congress who made statements, as well as the State Department, and all those who contributed to my release,” stated Antunez to Radio Republica.. The former political prisoner added that the Castro Regime wishes to take him off the streets under false accusations, which he termed a judicial aberration. “The first thing that I heard when I got to the police statiom was a Ministry of the Interior official who told me that he had read what I stated to the US Senate. So I asked him if that is why I was there and he said ‘No, no’ and walked away,” added Antunez. Antunez narrated how his wife Yris Perez Aguilera, was arrested and beaten at the police station, and how Cabo Pantera, the State Security chief in Placetas egged on the beating by shouting “Hit her! Hit that nigger hard!” When Antunez started shouting from his cell for his wife not to be beaten, the military and police beat him and used pepper spray on him. Antunez added that afterward he was beaten with tonfas, kicked and tear gas sprayed on him. He did not accept water or food during his incarceration. A masked State Security official told him he would be charged with multiple crimes. “Let everyone know that Jorge Luis Garcia will not be silent and will not leave Cuba,” stated Antunez from his home in Placetas, Cuba.
and mr commisiong has the gall to accuse the usa of human rights abuses.get out of my face ,man.

http://youtu.be/ddRNy4MISkg

this is OK though.as bob said born of a Irish father and a African mother
‘you can fool some people sometimes but you cant fool all the people all the time’ nice one with a right on nice one.

david can reprint some of the speeches given by Clement Payne.