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Cubans are bending over backwards to make Havana shine for Obama's visit. The first US president to visit in 88 years.
Aboard the papal plane en route to Washington, Pope Francis says he hopes the U.S. will lift its long trade embargo on Cuba. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
At the UN General Assembly, 185 countries have voted in favor of the United States ending its economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba that has been in force for 60 years -- the thirtieth such moral victory at the UN for Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution, with Brazil and Ukraine abstaining. IMAGES
La Paz, Jul 14 (EFE) .- Bolivian social organizations marched Wednesday waving wiphalas, the multicolored symbol of indigenous peoples, and the Cuban flag showing their support for the Cuban people and demanding the end of the economic blockade by the United States.(Camera: YOLANDA SALAZA)SHOT LIST: PROTEST IN LA PAZ (BOLIVIA) IN SUPPORT OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
Havana, Oct 22 (EFE).- The US economic embargo cost the Cuban economy $5.57 billion over the 12 months that ended March 31, the island's government said Thursday, blasting the United States for ratcheting up punitive measures despite the Covid-19 pandemic.STATEMENTS FROM Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez:"The blockage of that time caused losses in Cuba of around 5.57 billion dollars. It is the first time that the blockade caused more than $5 billion in a year calculated with a methodology verified by institutions in the United States. The cumulative cost of the embargo since it was imposed in 1962 is $144.41 billionm a truly overwhelming burden" for an economy the size of Cuba's."
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