Pros And Cons Of Cuban Embargo

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On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (ProCon.org, 2014). The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity, Title 22 Chapter 69A, states that “the President should encourage foreign countries to restrict trade and credit relations with Cuba. The communist regime seized one point eight billion dollars of US assets” (Enforcement of economic embargo of Cuba, 2015). The United States restricted Cuban travel for all people and companies under US jurisdiction (Enforcement of economic embargo of Cuba, 2015)
In 1959, Cuba’s President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown by Fidel Castro. The US backed president Batista and his family soon fled out of Cuba. The island nation was now under complete control …show more content…

Those for it say it is a stance against communist dictatorship and those against say it had failed because Cuba is still a communist country under the Castro brother’s jurisdiction (ProCon.org, 2014). There are going to be advantages and disadvantages to both sides as there are with any controversial topic. According to embargo critics, since the embargo enforces Cuba to be isolated, it limits American political and economic influences that would accelerate Cuba’s government to change. The embargo critics also say by keeping US influences out of Cuba, the blockade has served as a reverse Berlin Wall (Pike, 2015). A well-known embargo critic President Barack Obama on January 20, 2004 stated the following: I think it's time for us to end the embargo on Cuba... Our planet is shrinking. And our biggest foreign policy challenge… is how do we make sure that other countries, in developing nations, are providing sustenance for their people, human rights for their people, a basic structure of government for their people that is stable and secure so they can be partners in a brighter future for the entire planet. (ProCon.org,

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