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    Feb 20, 2008, 01:52 PM
    The U.S. embargo is not lifted because the Cuban-American community mainly living in South Florida and New Jersey are opposed, and neither Republicans nor Democrats are willing to risk offending the Cuban vote. Cubans get any American product they want with American trading partners like: Canada, Spain, France, Venezuela, and a whole host of others…It is we who are hurt, not the Cubans.
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    Feb 20, 2008, 01:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by speechlesstx

    There is actually a law passed in 1996, the Helms-Burton Act, that prohibits normalizing relations with Cuba in any transitional government that includes Raul or Fidel.
    Good info--didn't know that. Thanks!

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