This same status is indispensable for captains, pilots, masters, engineers, mechanics, and in general, for all personnel of the crew of any vessel or airship protected by the Mexican merchant flag or insignia.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Mexico's Glass House

As it happens, President Clinton's moral difficulties and the Pope's courageous departures from Castro's party line clearly upstaged those in the Administration and their motley allies -- including, in addition to Fidel's usual apologists a number of captains of industry, past and present politicians, libertarians, ex-diplomats, and retired general officers -- who are championing the early partial, if not complete, dismantling of the embargo.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy