On May 19, Bill Nelson, a senator from Florida, sent a note to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanding that the White House intervene in the Spanish government to stop the oil company Repsol from conducting surveys with Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico. The details of the request indicate that there are commercial quantities of oil in Cuba.
The existence of the criminal blockade of Cuba (which clearly determines the island’s economic growth) is not mentioned in the brief letter. It has become popular to deny the damage that the blockade has caused. This belief has spread to the island, where even some disillusioned Cubans have forgotten the United States’ role and have begun to blame their government for all their current problems.
The senator’s sudden ecological concern, the idea that drilling in this zone could affect the environment, seems absurd for an area that has more oil platforms than mosquitoes during summer. Additionally, in his message to the White House, Nelson indicated that he expects that elections scheduled for March 2012 will produce a Spanish government less inclined to support investments in Cuba. If this is not interfering in the upcoming Spanish elections, then I’m not sure what is.
Will the Spanish government media, who accuse Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of interfering in the elections of Latin American countries, finally pay attention to the actions of the United States?
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