Nick SnowCuba's anticipated development of its offshore oil resources would profoundly affect its national economy, but have more political impacts on relations with the US, experts generally agreed at a forum on Oct. 8. "What we're seeing could be a potential game changer," said Kirby Jones, president of the Alamar Associates consulting firm. "For the first time in 50 years, Cuba would have something the US needs, something of strategic importance."The quantity of foreign oil companies already present in Cuba suggests that the country doesn't necessarily need the US as it moves ahead, he suggested during a seminar cosponsored by Inter-American Dialogue and Florida Int...