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EU Lifts Cuba Sanctions
by Jarrett Martineau | June 19, 2008 at 03:22 pm | 158 views | 2 comments | 10 recommendations
EU members have voted to remove sanctions imposed against Cuba in 2003. Although the sanctions were suspended in 2005, today's vote confirms that they will be fully and officially abolished, in order "to encourage more reforms by President Raul Castro".
The European Union agreed on Thursday to scrap its sanctions against Cuba, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said.
"Cuban sanctions will be lifted," she told reporters after foreign ministers of the 27-nation bloc clinched agreement at a summit dinner in Brussels.
The EU measures were imposed after a crackdown on dissent in 2003 and include a freeze on visits by high-level officials.
The sanctions were suspended in 2005. Their full abolition was decided to encourage more reforms by President Raul Castro, who took over after the Feb. 24 retirement of his brother Fidel.
June 19, 2008 at 03:22 pm by Jarrett Martineau, 158 views, 2 comments
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at 17:11 on June 19th, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, I like this story as it updates the news on Cuba sanctions. Now, there is a year for it to make the most out of the new freedom. It's good stuff.
at 23:10 on June 19th, 2008
Jarrett Martineau, great news! Thanks for posting this story!