From: ez007856@othello.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Cuba: Torricelli bill passed!!!
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:33:07 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

Lazaro Nun~ez writes:

>ez007856@othello.ucdavis.edu writes:

>>HOUSE IMPOSES NEW ANTI CASTRO TRADE SANCTIONS

>>by Guy Gugliotta
>>The Washington Post

>>He [Rep. Charles B. Rangel] called the bill "not just a legislative 
>>initiative
>>but more of a political statement," and suggested that support from Bush and
>>Clinton indicated "this nis not being concerned so much about the future of
>>the Cuban people living in Cuba as it is an appeal to the Cuban-Americans in
>>Dade County."

>Creo que este sen~or ha dado en el blanco. Y si no lo creen continuen leyendo.

>>Bush originally opposed the bill because of the ban on subsidiary exports but
>>changed his position a few days before Clinton endorsed the measure at a 
>>Miami

>>fud-raiser organized last spring by the Cuban exile community.

>Need I say more?

Sure you should.  You should include the details of the bill which specify the 
sanctions which are to be imposed on particular corporations with foreign 
subsidiaries doing buisiness with Cuba, as well as the ships which dock in 
Cuban port which will be condemned for all pratical purposes, since they will 
never be allowed entry into U.S. ports.  Such implementation of this soon to 
become law is very concrete and seems to be much more than a mere "political 
statement".  If it were simply such, and we were only presencing a Castro 
bashing frenzy in Congress, the bill would have passed unanimously and would 
not have counted with oppostion from within certain members of the Republican 
Party, as well as the remaining hyppocrites which were stomped along with Mr. 
Rangel at voting time.  

In fact, the clip you quote also mentions a Republican congresswoman from 
Conetticut claiming the legislation would hurt corporations which contribute to 
her campaign chest.  So, it seems there is much more at stake than simply 
making a "statement" and paying lip service to the Cuban American community.  
In fact, this soon to become law is so threatening to Castro that his 
government promptly condemed it as "diabolical".  Pretty soon, the full force 
of the Law's detailed sanctions will be implemented by the Federal government 
and the most significant action against communism in Cuba will begin to take 
place.  Simmultaneously, others who claim be doing great progress for the 
reconciliation of  Cubans will be left alone in Madrid conducting press 
conferences and making "political statements" about their imminent "success" in 
their efforts to bring down communism.in Cuba.

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