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WOULD YOU DRINK A MOJITO WITH THESE GUYS?: A briefing by the Cuba trade team -- Rep. Robert Moore, Morril Harriman, Gov. Beebe, Sen. Jim Luker, Tyson's Archie Schaffer. (Photos by Bill Reed)

Gov. Mike Beebe returned from a three-day trade trip to Cuba last night. He's optimistic about trade possibilties. The macroeconomic analysis from the governor:

"The policies are they need more money to buy more stuff and we got the stuff. We produce the food that they need for their people."

Below, the governor inspects some Cuban grocery offerings.

Posted by Max Brantley on July 31, 2009 02:20 PM |

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Perhaps Gov. Beebe, unlike Marian Berry, declared his cigars when he went through U. S. Customs.

Posted by: durangokid [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 02:34 PM

Marion.

Posted by: durangokid [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 02:36 PM


Until the Castro forces are willing to bend over and spread'em for Corporate America to once
again ravish a Caribbean nation not much is going to happen. Unless BHO sends envoys to the
World Bank for a little help.

After all the greatest institutions in America had to have a little hep...what is it...$5 trillion so far?

Surely Corporate America can buy Cuba for much, much less, that is they can buy them using taxpayer sweat.
.

Posted by: eLwood [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 02:37 PM

I hope the Guv understands Congress is empowered with the treaty making powers and those bat hides need to be persuaded before Arkansas starts trying to sell its rice to the latinos.

Posted by: Cato [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 02:37 PM

Yo soy un hombre sincero de donde crecen los arroces. Guajira Guantanamera...

Posted by: diamondstate [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 03:22 PM


si, Guajira Guantanamera. A little 'piropo?'

clickit.

Posted by: eLwood [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 03:40 PM

I hope the Gov enjoyed his boondoggle. I guess government isn't in such bad shape financially if they can afford such frivolity. If the Gov. had done his homework he would have known that Cuba has over one-half of the arable land that is unproductive. Even Castro admits that it is due to their own failed system than it is to Yankee Imperialism. Centralized planned economies just don't work but then again we knew that after the failure of the soviet system in Russia.

Posted by: mike [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 10:44 PM

Senor Diamondstate,

Pienso que usted necesita trabajar en su espaņol. Carece una cierta claridad.

Speedy Gonzales.

Posted by: mike [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2009 10:48 PM

I'm impressed with all the Japanese being spoken here.

Posted by: durangokid [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 1, 2009 09:38 AM

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