Cuba Trade Embargo
The Cuba Trade Embargo How can we switch them to capitalism if we don’t work with them? - Jesse Ventura (in an interview with CNN) In 1959, Fidel Castro gained control of Cuba and implemented many changes in the government. ... property to Cuba, which broke diplomatic relations between the two. ... took to battle the communist direction in which Cuba was heading, but the one that affected and still affects the Nation most, is the trade embargo. ... President Eisenhower first put the embargo in place in 1960 and it continues to stand today. Throughout the sixties, the embargo was continually tightened and during 1962 it was nearly impossible for any American to enter Cuba. The embargo is meant to block America and some other countries from providing help to communist Cuba. Through the embargo, money from imports, exports and tourism is lowered. ... Instead of convincing Castro to change his ways, the embargo has affected the Cuban people and caused hardships by not providing them equal opportunities with the rest of the world. Even though the embargo does not ban food and medicine trade, the people of Cuba still do not receive all of the supplies they need to survive. There have been continuous changes made to the embargo during its forty year existence. Some of these changes have strengthened the embargo’s limits and others have almost brought the embargo out of existence. There were some logical reasons for the embargo to be put into place in the beginning, but as the years have passed, there has been little change to Cuba’s government structure and the embargo has had no affect except hurting the Cuban people. The embargo has no place in society today and is an inhumane act that affects many undeserving people; it should be lifted to provide support and equal opportunity to the country. Born in 1926, Fidel Castro grew to be a revolutionary leader in Cuba. ... Through help from his brother Raul and Guevara, Castro was able to conquer the Batista regime and gain control of Cuba in 1959.