By
the end of this year, the Spanish oil company Repsol is expected to
begin drilling Cuba's first exploratory oil well just 60 miles southwest
of the Dry Tortugas.
But despite the imminence of the drilling endeavors, and the
proximity of the sites to the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Straits, the
Florida Keys and the rest of South Florida, politics are standing in the
way of cooperative emergency preparations between the United States and
Cuban governments.
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