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Article: CUBA GAINS AFFILIATION, LOSES FUNDS.
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- NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
- Article date:
- August 8, 2002
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On July 19, European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy announced that the EU would not include Cuba in an aid agreement adopted at Cotonou, Benin Republic, in June 2000 (see CubaSource, 2000-10-20). The EU has demanded that Cuba make certain political changes as a condition for receiving Cotonou benefits.
Lamy made the announcement during a meeting in Fiji of the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group. ACP is an organization of 78 former European colonies--including Cuba--which are eligible to receive US$12.7 billion worth of EU aid and trade preferences through the Cotonou Agreement.
Cuba's Interior Minister Ricardo Cabrisas, who led the ...