Over the past decade. subsidiaries owned or controlled by United States corporations have engaged in $2.685 billion in trade with Cuba. While only a fraction of Cubas total trade. United States subsidiaries have been a key source of hard currency for cashstarved Cuba. Mr. President. the people of Cuba are suffering under an increasingly desperate dictator. Human rights is deteriorating. More Cubans are risking and losing their lives by braving the 90 miles of water between Cuba and Florida. Dozens attempted to seek asylum in Western embassies. Mario Chanes de Armas remains in prison after 29 years. longer than any political prisoner in the world. Ernesto Diaz Rodriguez is now spending his 22d year in Castros brutal prison system.
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