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Cono. Now where am I going to get fake Cuban cigars? Espically in light of the fact that Acosta is cracking down on trade with Cuba. Looks to me like our Government is actually trying to protect people that have business relationships with Cuba, and therefore protect the market for $10.00 Cohibas in the Bahamas. ?Que pasa Acosta?
ReplyDeleteNOT FROM ALTADIS, U.S.A.
ReplyDelete3 counts ... not all of them.
ReplyDeletea convicted felon is a convicted felon, always! Does not matter how many counts...
ReplyDeleteMarkus stated the verdict was guilty on ALL counts. I was merely establishing the correct information.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the "convicted felon" who was found guilty on THREE COUNTS and whose son will be shipped off to Iraq sometime soon, the gentleman has no previous criminal record. And for that matter I truly believe he was criminalized for an unjust cause and one worthy of scrutiny.
If you do your research, as you always should, you would know that Altadis is the official distributor and co-owner of Habanos S.A., (Habanos S.A. is a venture company, property of the CUBAN STATE and Altadis, a Spanish company that resulted from the fusion of Tabacalera and SEITA.) in the United States this company is known as Altadis, U.S.A.
This should be quite interesting information, especially in a community where the population is predominated by Cuban Americans ... whose fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers experienced the domination and repression of the Cuban government under Castro's regime. We should also have a clear understanding of United States embargo against Cuba that clearly does not protect Cuban trademarks in the United States.
Have we mentioned the "C" word one too many times? Indeed I believe we have, for a worthy subject of course. Don't worry cup cake, you'll catch a break next time ;) I hope for your sake you do.
Nonetheless, the question at hand is ... is it correct for the United States (at a state and government level) to cater to a private entity that does business with a communist country so freely at an international level?
Gentleman, I seriously fee we have understated the grave sensitivity of this matter.
Salut.
looking forward to round 2
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