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WASHINGTON \u2014 As part of the White House\u2019s effort to mend 50 years of acrimonious U.S.-Cuba relations, members of the Obama administration called on the island nation this week to adopt a more democratic form of corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Cuba is to thrive on the global stage, it must end its autocratic abuses of power, and hold free and fair elections to determine which officials will ultimately siphon off public resources for their own personal gain,\u201d said Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who called on Cuba\u2019s communist regime to cede some political control and let opposition parties play a greater role in its shady backroom dealings and systems of graft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize that change will not happen overnight, but by allowing influence-peddling, kickbacks, and the misappropriation of funds to be controlled by elected representatives of the people, Cuba will earn the world\u2019s trust and respect.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for Cuba to embrace the same dishonest, nominally democratic form of government that all of its neighbors have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherman went on to express the administration\u2019s hopes for a future in which Cuba will regularly conduct transparent elections bought and paid for by powerful corporate interests.<\/p>\n

Via Theonion.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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