Cuba and Venezuela

If Hugo goes

Raúl Castro searches for other lifelines

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I'm sure our socialist president Brobama could help. He's helped everyone except the working middle class of America. I'm sure his administration could provide plenty of help...afterall, they have the same ideals and principles (socialism and dependence of the people)Cheers


Oh and I almost forgot that were American oil companies participating you can be sure the environmental standards that will be used to build and then drill would be far more strenuous.

As it is the Chinese platform will be an accident waiting to happen, not because of shoddy work, but because they don't have the same strict regulations and standards we demand for offshore drilling.

The irony will be rich should there eventually be a spill. Considering the flow of the Gulf Stream would ensure Miami Beaches are fouled while Cuban beaches could easily be spared by the first East than NEast flowing giant ocean stream taking it away from Cuba towards Florida and by our East coast"


NOthing in this article sums up the utter stupidity of our Cuban Exile driven Anti-Cuba policy than Repsol is building an oil drilling platform in China and ensuring there are NO parts from the USA in order to avoid the embargo.

Just how many millions in revenue is lost NOT participating in this is what I want to know, especially since building oil platforms is one industry that is still big in the USA from what I understand.

This also highlights just how anti-American the Cuban lobby is. As long as they think they are hurting Castro, they don't give a damn if they hurt Americans or make Cubans on the island suffer.


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