<p>Commuters ride past a billboard that reads in Spanish; "70 percent of Cubans have been born under the Embargo," in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. The United States economic embargo on Communist-run Cuba turned 50 on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)</p>
February 8, 2012
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February 8, 2012 8:15 p.m.
No cigar: Embargo on Cuba turns 50
HAVANA - When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.