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Cuba applauds
Democratic victories in U.S. elections
9 November 2006
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba Thursday applauded the Democratic victories in the
U.S. elections as a rebuke of President George W. Bush's policies.
Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said on a state-run news program
devoted to the election results that the Democratic victories in
Congress and governorships amounted to an "indisputable defeat" of the
"ultraconservative" politics of Bush and his allies.
"This victory shows that diverse sectors (in the United States) have
woken up," Perez Roque said on the "Mesa Redonda" program, which is
televised daily across Cuba.
The foreign minister, however, also said that he didn't expect much to
change in global politics as long as Bush remains in power.
Perez Roque just returned to Cuba after presenting a resolution this
week at the United Nations to condemn the U.S. trade embargo against the
communist-run island. The world body's General Assembly voted
overwhelmingly Wednesday to urge the United States to end the
45-year-old policy.
"Yesterday's victory is proof ... that our resistance has not been in
vain," he said Thursday.
The vote on the embargo came after the assembly defeated an Australian
amendment to the resolution calling on Cuba to free political prisoners
and respect human rights.
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