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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Obama Diplomatic Aides Talking To Cuba (and Mexico) About Oil Spill

The Gulf Coast oil spill has led to an interesting set of diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Cuba.

State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid confirmed US-Cuban talks "at the working level," telling reporters that "it is incumbent upon us to inform all of our neighbors, not just the islands, but those countries that could be affected by disasters that happen within our territorial waters."

The U.S. and Cuba have not had diplomatic relations for nearly half-a-century, since the early years of the Fidel Castro regime.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Come on folks. There have been no official diplomatic relations. But come on!

Anonymous said...

I have often wondered why the government of Cuba has not tried to have better relations with the U.S. Do you think that they have ANY idea how much money they could make from tourism?

Just a thought.

Anonymous said...

It is us that restricts tourism to Cuba, not them.

Alex said...

Embargo with Cuba is the dumbest idea ever.