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-Caveat Lector- Cuba Buying Food From North Dakota By Jim Burns CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer June 12, 2002   (CNSNews.com) - Senator Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) says Cuba's food import agency is buying 2,000 metric tons of dried peas from North Dakota farmers.   Dorgan called the sale a "landmark deal" because it marked the first time in more than 40 years that North Dakota farm products have been sold to Cuba.   "We've known for a long while that Cuba has the potential to become a significant market for North Dakota's agricultural products," said Dorgan. "For years, I've worked to end the trade embargo against Cuba and open the market to farmers in North Dakota and throughout the U.S.   "I believe once Cuba sees the high quality of goods they've purchased, more agricultural sales to Cuba will be made," Dorgan added.   The import agency, Alimport, will buy dried peas from three North Dakota agricultural firms. Dorgan said a deal to sell black beans and pinto beans to Cuba will be announced soon.   The latest deal follows the State Department's recent refusal to let Cuban trade officials travel to the United States on a food-buying mission.   "Congress wants these sales to go forward," Dorgan said. "I remain dissatisfied with the State Department's explanation of why it continues to block" Cuban agents from coming to the U.S.   In April, the State Department denied visas to several officials of Alimport, the Cuban food import agency, who were invited here by U.S. agribusiness officials interested in selling more of their products to Cuba.   The State Department gave no reason for the rejection, citing precedent instead.   While U.S. law permits food and medicine sales to Cuba, they must be paid for in cash rather than financed, something that irritates cash-strapped Cuban officials.   http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200206\FOR20020612d.html   This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm   <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om