U.S. may force Cuba to pay cash in advance of food shipments.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2004 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Rafael Lorente

WASHINGTON _ The Bush administration may force Cuba to pay cash in advance of shipment for any food the island purchases from U.S. companies in the future _ a change that could jeopardize millions of dollars a year in agricultural sales.

Until recently, the practice has been for Fidel Castro's government to pay for agricultural shipments in transit or after they arrived at a Cuban port, but before formal title for the goods exchanged hands. But some in the administration argue that is not what Congress intended when it...

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