Europe Daily reports a minor miracle: "Europe Excludes Cuba From Aid Funds"!
NADI, Fiji (AP) — The European Union has excluded Cuba from a multibillion-dollar pool of aid because of its poor human rights record and lack of democracy, a spokesman for a group of former European colonies said Friday.Since Lamy could win an award for personal embodiment of the term Euroweenie, I can only conclude that there was something in the drinking water in Fiji where this clambake was held.
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EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, who is attending the summit, on Friday rejected overtures from ACP leaders to give Cuba quick access to the agreement, said ACP spokesman Hegel Goutier.
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The head of Cuba's delegation, Ricardo Cabrisas, called the EU decision ``a humiliation and slap in the face for Cuba,'' Goutier said.
