Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Yale Paper Says Bush a Hypocrite on Cuba Washington, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) US President George W. Bush is supporting the interests of elite businessmen who trade with the Island, while denying Cuban-American close connection with their relatives in Cuba, Bush's alma mater criticizes Wednesday. According to the Yale Daily News online, Bush should not allow US companies to trade with Cuba while he keeps Cuba-American families out, denying them the right to visit their loved ones in Cuba. At the same time Bush tightened the restrictions on travel for Cuban Americans with families on the Island, US agribusiness has profited from selling agricultural goods to Cuba. Bush severely restricted travel to Cuba by Cuban Americans, permitting only immediate family members to visit once every three years and, in an attempt to keep US currency from the Cuban economy, he tightened the rules on remittances, so Cuban Americans can now send only small sums of money to immediate family members. The administration"s policy is hypocritical, the university daily asserts. American food companies have grossed $243 million in food sales to Cuba. Why should large companies be able to sell millions of dollars of food to Cuba while Cuban-Americans with relatives in Cuba cannot help them? Cuban-Americans with relatives on the Island have the largest stake in the welfare of Cuba and should have the most rights to travel and send money according to their own judgment, the daily declares. The university paper points out that Warren Staley -with close ties to the Bush administration and a major supporter of Bush's 2004 presidential campaign- is chairman and CEO of Cargill, Inc., an American company that has pioneered in food sales to Cuba. Cargill has sold over 500,000 metric tons of food products to the Cuban state for tens of millions of dollars. In the first half of 2004 alone, Cargill grossed over $20 million in sales to Cuba. ile/ccs/ima *** Growing Challenges to Bush Cuba Travel Restrictions New York, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) Opponents of President Bush's Cuba travel and aid restrictions see hurricane damage as a fresh opportunity to go after Bush and other Republicans on an issue severely affecting Cuban-American and Cuban families, Tampa Tribune online published Wednesday. Bush limited Cuban visits to only close family members once every three years and sharply curtailed money and supplies that can be sent to the Island in order to economically suffocate the Cuban revolution as Cuban families feel the pain. In Washington, with budget legislation nearing approval this week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill blocking travel limits and easing restrictions on business people trying to sell food and medical supplies in Cuba. Tampa Democratic Congressman Jim Davis filed an amendment to spending legislation that would allow Cuban-Americans visit their relatives every year without applying for a specific license, the newspaper reports. The sudden burst of activity coincides with recent damage to Cuba by hurricanes Charley and Ivan. Davis pointed out that his amendment would let Cuban-Americans make emergency trips beyond annual visits, the Tampa-based newspaper noted. "This isn't about politics," the congressman said, "This is about the fundamental right of family to visit each other. The hurricane is the most recent example of how important it is for families to be able to help families." Opposition to the Bush policy is growing, maintains Joe Garcia, a Cuban-American political authority and senior adviser to the New Democrat Network, according to the Tampa Tribune. "A significant percentage of Cuban-Americans think this policy is ridiculous," Garcia said. "The hurricane and everyday events in Cuba make it clearer and clearer that his policy is ludicrous." ile/ccs/ima/ Copyright (c) 2004 Prensa Latina, SA. All rights reserved. * Search the NYTr Archives at: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ To subscribe or unsubscribe or change your settings via the web, visit: http://olm.blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================================
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