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Update on Cuba

"The shooting down of two small, unarmed civilian aircraft over international waters by the Cuban military on Saturday is a vivid reminder of the brutal character of the regime in Havana. It was a blatant violation of international law. The United States and our Latin and Caribbean partners have long agreed on the need for Cuba to make a peaceful transformation to democracy, though we have sometimes disagreed on tactics. And today we can all agree that the kind of lawless, uncivilized behavior that we saw last Saturday is totally unacceptable."
--- Secretary of State Warren Christopher, February 26, 1996

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