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Patchy blockade; Cuba and the United States.
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The Economist (US)
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August 16, 2008
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The trade embargo that sometimes bites
FOR almost half a century, the United States has imposed a trade embargo against Cuba. And yet it sometimes seems barely visible. Across the island, American brands are ubiquitous. Tourists can order a Coca Cola (made in Mexico) in state-run hotels. Computers running Microsoft software have appeared in the capital's few electronics stores. A fleet of Ford tankers refuel aeroplanes at Havana's airport. Taking advantage of an exemption introduced in 2000, American farmers have become Cuba's biggest source of food imports, a cash trade worth $600m a year. No wonder that some Cubans wonder whether the "blockade" which the government ...
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