11.  Cubachallenged Washington to sign an agreement establishing cooperation between the countries to fight the drug trade, but did not promise to turn over the suspect.

12.  Cuban authorities expect at least 2 million travelers to pass through the country in 2001.

13.  Cuban authorities would let Mr. Fornieles take only $5 out of the country with him.

14.  Cuban economists estimate nearly half the country is now earning some income in dollars.

15.  Cuban emigres often roll the cigars made these countries, Chase said.

16.  Cuban exiles quickly ridiculed the survey, asserting that no poll taken in a country where free speech is curtailed can be accurate.

17.  Cuban officials argue that their country supported these athletes, nurtured their skills, then saw them lured off by richer lands as soon as possible.

18.  Cuban officials routinely maintain that there are no political prisoners in the country's jails, only ordinary criminals who have broken national security laws.

19.  Cuban officials, meanwhile, refuse to comment on their country's damaged ties with Canada.

20.  Cuban President Fidel Castro has brazenly made Elian a cause celebre in his country, exploiting the child's situation to stir up anti-American sentiment among his subjects.