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8/14/2015 5:41:41 AM
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	During his 89th birthday on Thursday, former Cuban President Fidel Castro requested that the U.S. pay back “millions of dollars” that he says is owed to Cuba, due to the 50-year-long old embargo. In an article in Cuban newspaper Granma, Castro wrote, “Cuba is owed compensation, the equivalent of damages, amounting to many, many millions of dollars, as our country has reported and irrefutably documented at the United Nations“. Sputniknews.com reports: The essay’s publication, and Castro’s birthday, come on the eve of the historic reopening of the US Embassy in Havana. The embassy’s reopening is part of a restoration of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, and has been in the works for eight months since US President Barack Obama and Raul Castro announced plans to restore relations after half a decade. US Secretary of State John Kerry is also expected to arrive to Havana for the opening ceremony. Castro’s essay does not offer an exact number as to how much he thinks Washington owes Havana, nor does he mention Kerry’s upcoming visit. The former president does however go into analyzing the aftermath of World War II and the amount of money the US has accumulated since. For their part, the US State Department has responded to Castro’s statement, saying that the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba will most likely not include discussions on the reparations for the losses Havana has endured under the trade embargo. “There are lots of issues that in the process of normalization I suspect will be discussed,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said during a press briefing on Thursday. “I have seen nothing that would indicate that [reparations] is one of them.” The trade embargo on Cuba, which went into effect in 1962, three years after Castro seized power, has remained in effect despite efforts to normalize relations between the two countries. Raul Castro has said that in order to normalize relations beyond establishing diplomatic ties, the embargo needs to be lifted. US President Obama also wants to lift the embargo, but US officials insist the process will take time and will require congressional action, as it does not fall under restoring diplomatic relations. Many Republicans, who control both the House and the Senate, are against the idea of normalizing ties between the two countries, arguing that Cuba needs to improve its human rights record before the trade embargo could be lifted. http://yournewswire.com/fidel-castro-demands-us-repay-millions-to-cuba/ Meet singles at DateHookup.dating, we're 100% free! Join now!
8/14/2015 5:43:27 AM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	With OBOZO in office, I'm sure he'll do it with piss running down his leg. In the real country, Americans will tell Castro to go f**k himself.
8/14/2015 5:44:37 AM	Las Vegas, NV
maniacmassager Lawrence, MA 49, joined Mar. 2008	The a** clown in chief will give in and pay them.
8/14/2015 5:51:30 AM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	Quote from maniacmassager: The a** clown in chief will give in and pay them. He might even bow down and kiss some feet while he's at it.
8/14/2015 6:47:47 AM	Las Vegas, NV
pastmybedtime Huntingdon, TN 39, joined Apr. 2015	We could always turn around and charge Cuba for the millions of cubans that Castro dumped on our shores.
8/14/2015 7:11:17 AM	Las Vegas, NV
Yasureoktoo Seattle, WA 60, joined Dec. 2014	Quote from pastmybedtime: We could always turn around and charge Cuba for the millions of cubans that Castro dumped on our shores.
8/14/2015 8:31:19 AM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	Quote from pastmybedtime: We could always turn around and charge Cuba for the millions of cubans that Castro dumped on our shores. Great idea!!
8/14/2015 10:47:05 AM	Las Vegas, NV
pdforone Litchfield, OH 64, joined Jul. 2010	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba Eisenhower started the embargoes, they should see him.
8/14/2015 1:03:05 PM	Las Vegas, NV
sillylaugher61 Murrysville, PA 53, joined Aug. 2011	Cuba should be thankful that we didn't bomb them off the map.
8/14/2015 1:12:58 PM	Las Vegas, NV
hunter12gauge Bellaire, OH 52, joined Apr. 2008	(this post has been flagged as inappropriate, sorry.)
8/14/2015 1:26:44 PM	Las Vegas, NV
mr_bad_robot Cincinnati, OH 40, joined Jul. 2014	Send them the cash for clunkers cars and tell Castro to shove them up his ass.
8/14/2015 1:31:55 PM	Las Vegas, NV
1love916 Inglewood, CA 34, joined Mar. 2014	The US can give Cuba the money that they give to Isreal.
8/14/2015 1:32:32 PM	Las Vegas, NV
Yasureoktoo Seattle, WA 60, joined Dec. 2014	Bad choice, Israel produces.
8/14/2015 2:11:57 PM	Las Vegas, NV
nat_now Ocala, FL 56, joined Jul. 2013	But at a joint press conference with Kerry, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez defended his country’s political system and took shots at the United States that underscored the steep challenge the two countries face in their effort to improve ties. Apparently irked at Kerry’s call for “genuine democracy,” Rodriguez said his country had gender and racial equality, free education and healthcare, and didn’t suffer from the flaws of America’s cash-fueled electoral system. Cuba is not a place where you can see police brutality … racial discrimination,” he said. “We do not practice torture,” a presumed reference to the mistreatment of detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo on Cuba's southeast coast. “Cuba is proud of its performance on human rights,” Rodriguez said. The two diplomats said they had agreed to establish a joint commission for regular discussions of issues. *** so take that, USA
8/14/2015 2:19:57 PM	Las Vegas, NV
Yasureoktoo Seattle, WA 60, joined Dec. 2014	If in fact that is true, which it may well be, it is a new approach. Just a short time ago Cuba was a hotbed for human rights violations. BTW, I don't trust a thing Kerry says.
8/14/2015 9:27:17 PM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	Quote from Yasureoktoo: If in fact that is true, which it may well be, it is a new approach. Just a short time ago Cuba was a hotbed for human rights violations. BTW, I don't trust a thing Kerry says.
8/14/2015 9:42:17 PM	Las Vegas, NV
thunderpump Tacoma, WA 51, joined Dec. 2009	Castro needs to go castrate himself with a cigar cutter.
8/14/2015 10:14:08 PM	Las Vegas, NV
cafe_express Gueydan, LA 83, joined Mar. 2013	Quote from pastmybedtime: We could always turn around and charge Cuba for the millions of cubans that Castro dumped on our shores. Exactly, the Mariel boat lift, in 1980 when Castro dumped his prisoners and mental facilities of patients on us. He can pay us for all these 35 years of care. Remember the Red River cops? Cubans. On this day in 1980, Cuban President Fidel Castro proclaimed in Havana that any Cuban who wished to immigrate to the United States could board a boat at the nearby port of Mariel. During the ensuing months, some 125,000 Cubans fled to Florida in about 1,700 packed boats, at times overwhelming the U.S. Coast Guard and immigration authorities. Families were reunited, creating an initial spurt of euphoria. But soon the Mariel boatlift spawned political problems for President Jimmy Carter. It turned out that some of the exiles had been released from Cuban jails and mental health facilities. Accordingly, some of them were shunted to refugee camps, while others, facing deportation hearings, were held in federal prisons. All in all, more than 1,700 exiles were jailed, and another 587 were detained until they could find sponsors. Surveys revealed that Cuban refugees were increasingly being viewed by U.S. voters as undesirable immigrants. The turnaround in public opinion, paired with pressure to allow Haitian rafters to be granted refugee status, caused the Carter White House to take steps that led to heightened tensions between the U.S. and Cuba. Earlier, the Carter administration, in a bid to improve relations with the communist regime, had established an Interests Section in Havana. The Cuban government reciprocated by establishing an Interests Section in Washington. The Cubans had also agreed to release several dozen political prisoners and allowed Cuban-Americans to return to the island to visit relatives. Most of the Mariel refugees decided to live in Miami, increasing by 20 percent that city’s Cuban working population. Washington and Havana agreed the impromptu exodus would end Oct. 31, 1980, days before Republican Ronald Reagan denied Carter his bid for a second term.
8/14/2015 10:33:24 PM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	Let's face it... Castro is a MORON!
8/15/2015 9:15:23 AM	Las Vegas, NV
k_tothe_c Las Vegas, NV 45, joined Dec. 2008	And his country is a shit-hole.