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Article: Conflict of interest leads CLC chief to quit.(Cuban Liberty Council)(Ignacio E. Sanchez)(Brief article)
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- CubaNews
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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One of the founders of the conservative Cuban Liberty Council resigned from the organization at the urging of the board of directors, after it was disclosed he represents a French firm whose affiliate built luxury hotels in Cuba.
According to a May 30 story in the Spanish-language El Nuevo Herald, CLC leaders asked Ignacio E. Sanchez to quit after the newspaper revealed that he represents Bouygues Travaux Publics, a French company and the state's leading bidder in a $1 billion tunnel project for the Port of Miami.
"We asked him to resign because the council cannot have someone who represents the interests of a company that does business with the Cuban ...