Friday, January 28, 2005

Oil in Cuba?

Recently, oil was discovered off the northwest coast of Cuba. Although it is still too soon to tell how much oil is there, Fidel Castro claims that there is as much as 100 million barrels. Miami Cubans say this would not affect their strong stance on maintaining the US embargo of Cuba. However, President Bush has secured his second term and no longer needs their vote. If anything can affect the longstanding embargo it is oil. If a significant amount of oil does exist, I think Bush would readily sacrifice the support of the Cuban-American constituency and reduce trade restrictions. Then again, I believe he would sacrifice his own mother for a large oil reserve. For more on Cuban oil, not Barbara Bush go to http://cuba.tbo.com/cuba/MGBCMHXK34E.html.

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