Bush regime rejects dissidents' call to loosen embargo

Bush Rejects Dissidents' Call to Change Cuba Policy
by Melissa Block and Tom Gjelten

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The majority of Cuban dissidents have long opposed US policy toward
their country. (See featured article, "Do Cuban dissidents support the
US embargo?" as my website.) One of the few who fully supported US
policy, Beatrice Roque, has now called on the Bush regime to loosen
these cruel sanctions on Cuba. As usual, the regime has turned a deaf
year to any pleas to let up in its decades-long war on the Cuban
people. Even Amnesty International has reported that these sanctions
are "used to harm the most vulnerable members of [Cuban] society."
Also from their website:

"Amnesty International has called for the US embargo against Cuba to
be lifted, as it is highly detrimental to Cubans' enjoyment of a range
of economic, social and cultural rights, such as the right to food,
health and sanitation - particularly affecting the weakest and most
vulnerable members of the population. According to UNICEF, the
availability of medicines and basic medical materials has decreased in
Cuba as a consequence of the US embargo against the island."

Dan
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