WikiLeaks cables, day 20: summary of today's key points

Day 20, Saturday 18 December Guardian • Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir "stashed $9bn in UK banks" . • Michael Moore's film Sicko was banned by the Cuban authorities. The US film-maker is quick to state that his film was shown in Cuba . • Julian Assange says his life is "under threat" and that the Swedish rape case against him is "a travesty". El País • The US state department, along with its embassies, did its utmost to stop Spanish construction company Sacyr from winning a contract to extend the Panama canal . In spite of this, the Spanish consortium won the €2.4bn bid to build a third set of locks on the canal. New York Times • Bank of America says that WikiLeaks has fallen foul of its customer code of conduct and will not process any more payments made to the controversial website. • Cables show that visitors from many of world's leading democracies are failing to criticise the Castro regime or meet with dissidents while on the island . A cable hints that there were economic motives behind the accommodating approach.