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Cuba blames US sanctions for slow economy

Saturday, 10 September 2016 12:07 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 10 September 2016 12:07 PM ]

Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez gives a press conference to present a government report on the U.S. trade embargo, on September 9, 2016 at the Foreign Ministry in Havana. (AFP)

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