NPR's Ted Clark reports that President Clinton offered mixed reviews of Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axeworthy's visit to Cuba this week. Clinton was skeptical that the visit would promote change, but said he was pleased that Axeworthy raised the issue of human rights in Cuba. Ostensibly, the visit was a Canadian show of defiance and independence, in view of the United States' controversial Helms-Burton law, which was designed to isolate Cuba and penalize individual companies doing business with the Castro regime.
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