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this is a week old or so, i dunno how i managed to miss it for so long. interesting little piece though.

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Navajo Nation, Cuba negotiate trade agreement
by: Brenda Norrell / Indian Country Today



HAVANA - The general manager of Navajo Agricultural Products Industries, a member of the first trade delegation to Cuba since Fidel Castro temporarily stepped down, has signed a letter of intent to sell food products to Cuba.

''We are honored that our products will help feed the Cuban people,'' said NAPI General Manager Tsosie Lewis, who oversees the Navajos' 68,000-acre commercial farm located in the Four Corners area near Farmington, N.M.

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. praised Tsosie Lewis for entering into the agreement, and described it as a trade agreement between two sovereign nations.

''We are a sovereign nation and we need to do everything we can to get back on our feet,'' Shirley said, expressing appreciation for the new source of trade.

During the New Mexico Agriculture Trade Mission to Cuba in August, NAPI signed a letter of intent with Alimport, Cuba's state food purchasing agency, to sell yellow corn, wheat, apples, onions, pinto beans and other farm products.

If finalized, the cash-only trade agreement could bring millions of dollars to the Navajo Nation, due to exceptions to the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba.

Under provisions of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, Alimport is allowed to negotiate the purchase of agriculture products directly from U.S. suppliers on a cash-only basis paid in advance by Cuba.

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1. Good for them.

Go for it!