21.   After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cuban government mined them as an asset and requisitioned the best for export.

22.   All prop erty was now owned by the Cuban government.

23.   All property was now owned by the Cuban government.

24.   But both countries also agreed to take steps to prevent the use of violence in clandestine departures, which the Cuban government regards as an illegal act.

25.   But at the same time, Posada continued to pursue his campaign against the Cuban government, keeping in close touch with his friends in Miami.

26.   But he says the most difficult part of the performance was having to re-enact some of the humiliations visited on Arenas by the Cuban government.

27.   But if U.S. officials had taken action to restrain Brothers to the Rescue from goading the Cuban government, the tragedy might have been prevented.

28.   But it also prompted the Cuban government to sponsor a widespread and vocal campaign to bring him back home.

29.   But others said the administration had allowed provocative flights by the exile group, Brothers to the Rescue, to continue, despite repeated warnings from the Cuban government.

30.   But pleading the case for El Duque was tougher because his defection was more painful for the Cuban government.