11.   The US bill, adopted last Thursday, will close loopholes in the current embargo by prohibiting trade and investment through foreign subsidiaries.

12.   The US bill will close loopholes in the current embargo and cut aid to Russia and former Soviet republics if they invest in Cuba.

13.   US administration officials also held meetings with leaders of Congress to discuss a Cuba sanctions bill that would tighten the current economic embargo against Havana.

14.   The current embargo only bars US companies and individuals from doing business with the communist nation.