>>>>>"If the government of the United States is really willing to cooperate with the Cuban people in face of the tragedy of the hurricane, it is requested to allow the sale to Cuba of those materials considered indispensable and to suspend the restrictions that prevent U.S. companies from offering private commercial credits to our country for the purchase of food in the United States," said the statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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>>>>>"We do not believe that at this time it is necessary to loosen the restrictions on remittances and travel to Cuba to accomplish the objective of aiding the hurricane victims," the statement said.
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>>>>How the political parties and states like to twist things to suit their politics:
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>>I was wondering. I'm sure we will see the spin on this from several angles. Each media source will spin it the way they wish as well. While in the meantime, the people suffer...
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>And the commentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/


Then again, another approach to this might be - Cuba adopts democracy, while repudiating Communism as the failure it is. Otherwise, if Communism were a success, people would have what they needed, and wouldn't need anything from such a terrible country as the US.

Of course, if we did sell anything to Cuba, they would use if for the ruling class and tell the people to "eat cake".