In the Cubaminrex' 2010 United Nations report on the effect of the U.S.blockade, it's pointed out that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has announced that, effective March 2012, it will no longer accept payment from Cuban banks because the software update has U.S. components. While researching SWIFT -- the nub of contention over a U.S. "anti-terror" data mining treaty the EU is resisting -- I found this interesting article that shows the pressures against the blockade are stirring up controversy.">In the Cubaminrex' 2010 United Nations report on the effect of the U.S.blockade, it's pointed out that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has announced that, effective March 2012, it will no longer accept payment from Cuban banks because the software update has U.S. components. While researching SWIFT -- the nub of contention over a U.S. "anti-terror" data mining treaty the EU is resisting -- I found this interesting article that shows the pressures against the blockade are stirring up controversy.">

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On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Cheryl <clabash@...> writes:

In the Cubaminrex' 2010 United Nations report on the effect of the U.S.blockade, it's pointed out that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) has announced that, effective March 2012, it will no longer accept payment from Cuban banks because the software update has U.S. components.

While researching SWIFT -- the nub of contention over a U.S. "anti-terror" data mining treaty the EU is resisting -- I found this interesting article that shows the pressures against the blockade are stirring up controversy.

Of course the EU's "Sakharov" award is anti-communist and was intended to snub Cuba. The EU is U.S. imperialism's junior partner ... victory to the French workers and youth (the rest struggling against the global capitalist crisis. If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at Bernie Dwyer/Roberto Rebo's new video ... The Day Diplomacy Died ... for the inside story of U.S. funding of the much-lauded "dissidents."

Cheryl

Source: Yahoo Groups, Walter Lipman

Political intrigue clouds EU Sakharov award http://euobserver.com/?aid=31107

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