Thursday, April 24, 2003

-Elderly Couple Fined For Having Boat Repaired in Cuba After Storm Left Them Stranded

.....Remarkably, after disclosing that they gave band-aid to a local cook who had burned his finger in an accident, The Taylors were charged with provision of “nursing services to a Cuban national”—a transaction forbidden by the embargo. For the next four and a half years, the Taylors—who are on a fixed income—requested a reconsideration of the penalty or a hearing, without success. In April, 2001, Patrick Taylors?Etax refund, needed to pay for urgent medical expenses, was frozen and applied to the Taylors?Edebt....

http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/0422-05.htm