Article: TEXAS PORT ACCORD.(Port of Corpus Christi inks operating agreement with Cuba)(Brief Article)

Cuba signed an operating agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi, an agreement that an official from the Texas city said could help erode the long-standing U.S. embargo of the island, reports AP (July 10, 2003). "It's another very progressive step toward the ultimate abolition of an embargo whose time has long passed," said Ruben Bonilla Jr., the Port of Corpus Christi's commission chairman:

While Cuba has operating agreements with 11 other U.S. ports, the Corpus Christi deal is the first "agreement on strategic work" that sets out plans for future activity, said Pedro Alvarez, chairman of Cuba's food import agency, Alimport. It calls for initial bulk shipments ...

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