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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal
Byline: Doreen Hemlock
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Building on its success as one of the best performing post-Soviet economies, the Czech Republic Thursday became the first Central or Eastern European country to open an office in South Florida to promote business.
The office received an effusive welcome from the Cuban-American establishment in Miami, which sees the Czech Republic as a model for post-communist Cuba. Prague has won their hearts by denouncing authoritarianism in Cuba and co-sponsoring a U.N. resolution condemning human rights abuses in the nation led by Fidel Castro.
Czech officials, on hand to christen the trade office,...
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