47 year suspension on Cuba is now lifted

[Deff Gordon]

http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCan...5526KJ20090603

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) - The Organization of American States lifted its suspension of Cuba on Wednesday, opening the door for the communist-run island to return to the regional group after 47 years.

The 34-member hemispheric body, meeting in Honduras, unanimously scrapped a 1962 decision that suspended Cuba as Fidel Castro's revolution took the island toward communism and an alliance with the Soviet Union.

U.S. President Barack Obama has taken steps toward a more open relationship with Cuba, lifting restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba for Cuban-Americans with relatives on the island.

Washington had said Havana should not be allowed to return to the OAS until it embraces democratic principles and makes progress on human rights, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under pressure on Tuesday from Latin American leaders.

In a diplomatic compromise, the group said Cuba's re-entry would be "the result of a process of dialogue begun at the request of the Cuban government and in line with the practices, purposes and principles of the OAS."

That was an apparent reference to the group's stated mission to defend democracy in the Western Hemisphere.

Cuba has repeatedly said it has no interest in returning to the OAS, describing it as an instrument of U.S. policy in Latin America, but Cuba's leftist allies in the region pushed for the suspension to be lifted.

[PETA]

somebody throw that sheep off a truck?

[J. Fees]

what a 47 year fuck up.

[Sinner]

obama is just patronizing cubans since the embargo hasn't been lifted.

[zcwilly]

Here's my latest theory on this: We start doing more business with them, we get our hooks further into them economically. We want them to depend on us, which actually gives us more power. If we are doing business with communist China, Russia, and especially Venezuela after what Chavez has done and said, there is no reason we shouldn't be doing business with Cuba. In fact, the only reason Chavez doesn't pull the plug on our oil is simply because they need us. We are their biggest customer. The more hooks we get into Cuba the more likely the people are to see the light of democracy. Plus I like their cigars

[name change request]

Originally Posted by NoKegger4U

obama is just patronizing cubans since the embargo hasn't been lifted.

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[Sinner]

Originally Posted by zcwilly

Plus I like their cigars

and their ppl are very pretty from what I've seen.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by NoKegger4U

obama is just patronizing cubans since the embargo hasn't been lifted.

lol

Originally Posted by joel

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Cuban Americans support the embargo with greater zeal than pretty much any other group nitwit

[Funkenstein]

Cubans Go Back to Cuba Party now has a greater push than ever before!