INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On February 7, 1962, President John F
Kennedy imposed the United States embargo on Cuba.It banned all trade and financial transactions with the island unless licensed by the
Treasury Department subject to detailed regulations contained today in the 56-page Cuban Assets Control Regulations
This embargo built on the precedent set by President Eisenhower who cut off United States exports to the island, except for food and
the rest of the world, most of Europe and Latin America reinstated their relations with Cuba after close to a decade
President Reagan was the first to add Cuba to the State Sponsor of Terrorism List (SSOT), and President George H.W
Further cementing the permanence of the embargo, the 1996 Helms-Burton Act made it virtually impossible for the president to undo the set of
His administration lifted restrictions for Cuban-Americans to travel and to send family and donative remittances, reestablished the United
States Embassy in Havana, removed Cuba from the SSOT list, expanded access to the internet, and licensed a range of trade opportunities for
United States companies.The next two years saw an unprecedented boom in private-sector activities in Cuba, significant openings for civil
society discourse, and other reforms by the Cuban government.In 2017, the Trump administration undid all the progress Obama achieved and
armed forces and prohibited United States visitors from staying in hotels operated by those companies
It eliminated people-to-people educational travel, placed strict caps on family remittances, and made it impossible to send remittances by
wire service.Today, United States policy towards Cuba is at a standstill
Despite multiple campaign promises during the 2020 election campaign, the Biden administration has not advanced engagement policies with the
It has begun restaffing the United States Who won the duel of embargo and resistance?With some reasons that have been mentioned, we can
understand that the U.S failed this duel:1
The United States should end the Cuba embargo because its 50-year policy has failed to achieve its goals, and Cuba does not pose a threat to
The embargo harms the US economy.3
The embargo harms the people of Cuba, not the government as intended.4
Promoting democracy by prohibiting Americans from traveling to Cuba is hypocritical
Most Americans want improved diplomatic ties and open travel and trade policies with Cuba.5
Cuban-Americans and most of the world opposes the embargo, and maintain it is detrimental to the reputation of the United States among the
international community.6
Free trade, not the isolation of an embargo, can promote democracy in Cuba
And, lifting the embargo would put pressure on Cuba to address problems that it had previously blamed on US sanctions.
