Thursday, February 29, 1996 NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5A Congress punishes Cuba with sanctions The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rushing to punish Cuba, Congress and President Clinton agreed yesterday on new sanctions that would bridle foreign investment with the goal of removing Fidel Castro. To avoid a veto, the White House accepted a Cuba sanctions bill that would allow U.S. citizens to sue foreign investors who made use of property in Cuba confiscated during the 3 1/2 decades of Castro's rule. The president can waive that right to sue but for no more than six months at a time, when the national interest is involved. White House officials, anxious about the lawsuit provisions that could antagonize U.S. allies, wrestled with Republican lawmakers on the bill's final language but resigned to quick passage. Cuba's shooting down on Saturday of two small American planes off the Cuban coast galvanized Congress to complete a Cuba sanctions bill, passed in different versions by the House and Senate last fall but held up by administration objections to several controversial provisions. After the attack on the U.S. planes, House and Senate negotiators said they would insist on the tougher House version. The bill would give the right to sue in the United States foreign companies investing in Cuban property confiscated during Castro's 3 1/2-decade rule. White House and congressional staffers struggled yesterday to compromise on the lawsuit provision that would authorize the president to waive that right to sue. Also at issue was mandating the Department of State to deny a U.S. visa to a foreign company president or other individual who made use of confiscated property. The United States is the only major Western country that maintains a trade embargo on Cuba. opponents in Congress say the lawsuit provision also could cause a serious logjam in U.S. courts. Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., chairman of the House International Relations Committee, contended it would bring an early end to the Castro regime by cutting off capital. Sen. Claiborne Pell, D.R.I., ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he would vote against the bill because it would worsen living conditions for the Cuban people and alienate allies. "The United States cannot continue placing American lives at the hands of foreign interests," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a Cuban American. "The United States must stop hiding behind international public opinion and stop wavering on its foreign policy." The bill urges the president to seek an international embargo against the Castro government and authorizes him to assist democratic oppositionists there. It bars financial aid by U.S. agencies for any transaction involving U.S. property confiscated by the Cuban government. It also tightens the ban on purchase of sugar products of Cuban origin. THE NEWS in brief 3-month-old baby survives murder-suicide of mom and dad The Associated Press NEW YORK — A 3-month-old girl was left sitting on her dead mother's lap in a car for up to four hours with the body of the killer alongside her, police said. Police officers discovered the bodies' of Arelis Valerio and boyfriend Teofilo Cabrera — the girl's father — on Monday night, said Officer Nor- een Murrav. The couple was found dead just hours after Cabrera was sentenced to probation for attacking Valerio's cousin with a baseball bat, The New York Times reported yesterday. 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