Policies On Cuba

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Fidel Castro is no longer the target of any
American assassination plans, the United States no longer deals in the
assignation of political leaders, now we have allies who are more able and
discrete in doing that type of work. The only ancient legacy that remains in
our foreign policy towards Cuba is a political and economic embargo implemented
at the beginning of the Cold War in an attempt to crush a third world country.
At the time of the embargo its supporters assured the country that Cuba
would not survive a year without political or economic aid from the Western
World. Three decades later Cuba is still led by Castro and our policy has not
changed, maybe it is time to rethink this policy
Once the embargo took effect, Cuba and Fidel Castro had no choice but to
turn to the Soviet Union and Communism for salvation, both economically and
politically. Cuba was dependent on exports for hard currency and imports for
finished goods with the embargo Cuba was left unable to ...

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Act. This act not only
made it more difficult for American companies to deal with Cuba but also set out
to punish foreign companies that had dealings with the island nation.
As Communism fell in Europe and Asian Communist countries started to
become a little more open once again the death of Fidel Castro's Cuba was being
predicted as the United States led another attack on it's economic livelihood.
Now in 1996 a relic of the Cold War, Castro , is once again under attack
by an other relic Jesse Helms. With the urging and political contributions of
Cuban American groups, the fact this being an election year and the the quick
trigger finger of a Cuban pilot, Senator Helms has ...

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