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Article: U.S. Black farmers to supply Cuba
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- New York Amsterdam News
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- November 27, 2002
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Browne, J. Zamgba
New York Amsterdam News
11-27-2002
Fidel Castro's Cuba has indicated that it plans to make direct food
purchases from African-American farmers, thanks to a recent goodwill and
trade mission undertaken by the NAACP to the island nation.
"This is a historic action and one that I personally find very heartening,"
said Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president and leader of the delegation to Cuba.
President Castro also promised to establish trade links with
African-Americans and give them full access to the country's $1.5 billion
import agriculture market. The deal was made under a U.S. law that allows
direct sales of farm products to the island. Enacted two years ago, the law
chips away at the ...