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Judi Lynn

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6. There had been a concensus that if Cuba were not allowed to attend the next OAS summit,
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 05:36 AM
Mar 2016

they wouldn't be attending either.

Just the US and whatever tiny country could be coerced through the threat of withholding foreign aid, as usual, just like the UN annual General Assembly vote to condemn the embargo has often seen one or two tiny countries like Palau or the Marshall Islands, or even Guatemala vote to support the embargo, while all others condemn or refrain from voting.

Making certain adjustments with Cuba immediately was the only way to save face, and we all know it. Everyone does.

Everyone outside the propagandists who won't admit it.

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