Russia-Cuba ties worry U.S.
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Officials in the United States are worried that Russia is signaling that it wants to reignite its close relationship with its former ally Cuba. Paul Richter reports this morning that:
‘Amid rising tensions over Georgia, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Russia is moving to rebuild one of the most dangerous features of the old Soviet Union’s security structure -- its alliance with Cuba.’
Moscow has been signaling that it wants to restore a long relationship with Havana that included not only economic ties, but also military and intelligence cooperation. The relationship brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Russia secretly installed nuclear missiles on the island.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City