U.S. and Cuba hold talks on Gulf of Mexico oil spill
By The Associated Press
May 19, 2010, 2:06PM
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/us_and_cuba_hold_talks_on_gulf.html
Raul-Castro.JPG Ismael Francisco / Prensa Latina via AP
Cuba´s President Raul Castro, right, and Orlando Lugo Fonte, president of the Cuban Farmers organization, attend the closing ceremony of the 10th congress of farmers in Havana Sunday.HAVANA (AP) -- U.S. and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill that is believed to be dumping some 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf, two State Department officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The talks add to signs of concern that strong currents could carry the slick far from the site of the spill, possibly threatening the Florida Keys and the pristine white beaches along Cuba's northern coast.
They are also a rare moment of cooperation between two countries locked in conflict for more than half a century.
"I can confirm that they are ongoing and going on at the working level," State Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid told reporters in Washington. "It is incumbent upon us to inform all of our neighbors, not just the islands, but those countries that could be affected by disasters that happen within our territorial waters."
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By The Associated Press
May 19, 2010, 2:06PM
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/us_and_cuba_hold_talks_on_gulf.html
Raul-Castro.JPG Ismael Francisco / Prensa Latina via AP
Cuba´s President Raul Castro, right, and Orlando Lugo Fonte, president of the Cuban Farmers organization, attend the closing ceremony of the 10th congress of farmers in Havana Sunday.HAVANA (AP) -- U.S. and Cuban officials are holding "working level" talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill that is believed to be dumping some 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf, two State Department officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The talks add to signs of concern that strong currents could carry the slick far from the site of the spill, possibly threatening the Florida Keys and the pristine white beaches along Cuba's northern coast.
They are also a rare moment of cooperation between two countries locked in conflict for more than half a century.
"I can confirm that they are ongoing and going on at the working level," State Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid told reporters in Washington. "It is incumbent upon us to inform all of our neighbors, not just the islands, but those countries that could be affected by disasters that happen within our territorial waters."
more at link above...
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