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AFP
Published: Wednesday October 29, 2008
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for the 17th year in a row Wednesday to demand an end to the 46-year-old US trade embargo on communist-ruled Cuba, with only three countries saying no.
Some 185 of the assembly’s 192 members voted in favor of the text which reiterated a “call upon all [...]

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Editorial
America’s economic sanctions on Cuba, now 50 years old, are a failure.
October 29, 2008
Among New York’s rites of autumn — the marathon, the rainbow of leaves in Central Park, the sudden profusion of wool overcoats — a new one has emerged at the United Nations. In each of the last 16 years, the General Assembly [...]

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Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:55:55 -0500
Summary: Cuba now produces about 60,000 barrels of oil per day (BPD) and consumes more than 150,000 BPD. Venezuela makes up the difference by shipping almost 100,000 BPD to Cuba. Even if Cuba has only the low estimate of 5 billion bbl. – which could yield more than 300,000 BPD [...]

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INGRID MELANDER AND DAVID RUNNSTROM
Reuters
June 19, 2008 at 7:29 PM EDT
BRUSSELS — European Union states agreed on Thursday to scrap sanctions against Cuba but will insist the Communist island improves its human-rights record, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.