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Mika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 08:36 PM
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13. Wrong. Helms-Burton is extraterritorial
"Cuba can export anything it makes to Canada, Western Europe and Latin America. Cuba can import anything it wants from those same areas."

Nope. I've explained this to you before, robcon. The US's Helms-Burton law is a law aimed at businesses that trade with Cuba, not countries. For example, Bayer cannot sell Aspirin to Cuba if it wants to sell Aspirin in the USA, by the Helms-Burton law.




"The only impact of the embargo is U.S. tourism.

The problem with the Cuban economy is that it is so incredibly unproductive, and cannot earn enough foreign exchange to import what its people need.
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Duh.. That's what the US government's travel sanctions on Americans are intended to do to the Cuban tourism economy. FYI, The lion's share of the Caribbean tourism income is from American tourism. Tourism is Cuba's primary 'product' now.

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