US: Survey Rejects Anti-Cuba Policy
Most people who answered a survey carried out by an American newspaper oppose measures against US companies operating in other countries as part of Washington´s blockade of Cuba. according to a survey carried out by a California-based newspaper.

Should the embargo on Cuba be enforced on US companies operating in other countries?, asked the internet survey by "La Opinion," a California-based publication. And 71.2 percent of respondents said NO, 23.7 percent answered YES, and 5 percent was undecided.

The survey was carried out after a Cuban business delegation was expelled from a hotel in Mexico on Washington´s orders, in an “arrogant action that shows fear of the strength of the Revolution,” as Cuban daily Granma put it on Monday.

“The decision shows the US impotence in the light of growing opposition from broad US sectors of the absurd and criminal blockade policy against Cuba,” Granma said in an editorial.

Mexican grassroots organizations protested the extraterritorial enforcement of anti-Cuba laws. Solidarity groups rallied in front of the Maria Isabel Sheraton hotel, as Mexican lawmakers strongly condemned the expulsion of the Cuban delegation.

The Treasury Department even seized the money they had paid for the accommodation.

A meeting had been scheduled at the Maria Isabel Sheraton between Cuban officials and businesspeople with representatives from large US companies interested in the potential of the Cuban energy market.

Organized by the US-Cuban Commerce Association, the business gathering was open to the media and press and would bring together representatives from Exxon Mobile, Caterpillar, the Valero Energy Corporation, which runs the US largest refinery, and from the National Council of Foreign Trade with Cuban officials and businesspeople.

Also attending were members of the Louisiana State´s Economic Development Department and the Corpus Christi port in Texas.