U.S. Won't Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba 'any Time Soon'

However, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte tells reporters that as far as the embargo is concern, he cannot imagine it being lifted "any time soon." The embargo has been centrepiece of American policy toward Cuba since shortly after Castro overthrew U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Castro has called the trade embargo "criminal," says its economic impact on the island has run well into the tens of billions of dollars. Tom Casey, deputy spokesman at the State Department, expressed hope for change in Cuba, but said the U.S. remains skeptical. ... http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/story/4128389p-4721858c.html

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