ipl-logo

Cuban Embargo Research Paper

1122 Words5 Pages

Amy Valdes
Mrs. Lopez
English 1 Honors
November 12, 2015
The U.S. Trade Embargo Against Cuba
A new foreign relations controversial topic was brought up earlier this year when President Barack Obama announced “Americans and Cubans alike are ready to move forward. I believe it 's time for Congress to do the same.” He is convinced that it is finally time to tie the diplomatic relations with Cuba in order to strengthen the relationship between both countries. This has recently brought up debates and arguments between a large number of politicians and people all over the world. The modification in the countries ' relations, originally marked by a prisoner exchange and Havana 's release of an imprisoned U.S. contractor, caused some experts to …show more content…

To begin with, simply because the embargo is not affecting the Cuban government, does not mean it is not negatively affecting the Cuban people. It most definitely is. The majority of the Cuban people live with a surprising shortage of basic hygienic resources. If the embargo is lifted, Cubans would be blessed with more opportunities that will benefit them in the long run, as well as possible free enterprise in Cuba (Petrosyan). Cubans do not have as many opportunities to improve their lifestyle as Americans do. Around most cities, there is an estimated fifteen percent of people living in extreme poverty in Cuba, but the statistics are at least 10 years old. Although, compared to the rest of Latin America, Cuba is doing much better as a result of the economic opening that has permitted a number of Cubans to earn more and has also allowed many others to start their own small businesses (“Poverty in Cuba, Welfare in a Broke Country”). The embargo has resulted in calamitous consequences for Cuba, whose economic infrastructure substantially depends on dealing with the United States. According to Cuban government estimates, the embargo will result in a loss of roughly $1.126 trillion in the next semi-century (Renwick). Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban Foreign Minister, railed against the embargo, saying “The human damages caused by the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba are incalculable. Seventy-six percent of Cubans have lived under its …show more content…

Secondly, the embargo has stopped people to people communication which as a result has created isolation for Cubans. Better intercommunication with Americans will allow Cubans to have more entry to the outside world. This will pressure the Cuban government to change its domestic and foreign policies (Petrosyan). The embargo is a hypocritical policy. We have expanded economic ties with states that are much more pushy toward the United States, and/or more aggressive to their own citizens than Cuba is. Therefore, we cannot continue to isolate Cuba (“Cuban

Show More
Related

  • Summary Of That Infernal Little Cuban Republic

    890 Words  | 4 Pages

    The book That Infernal Little Cuban Republic, focuses on the relationship between both Cuba and the United States. A lot of the contention between Cuba and the United States stems from the American view that every country is in need of our assistance. The author details how American officials asserted themselves into Cuba and with their presence in most cases did more harm than good in reference to the Cuban population. The book highlights that the U.S. government supported many policies in Cuba that were undemocratic leading to their citizens suffering politically, economically, and socially. After Castro took power the relationship between the two governments suffered immediately.

    Read More

  • Cuba Rhetorical Analysis

    387 Words  | 2 Pages

    Apparently Cuba holds a huge grudge and forgets nothing. I personally believe that they will continue to collect intelligence on the United States, just as we do of them. We are a very close neighboring country that has completely opposite views of them. We have a long history of supporting their dissident

    Read More

  • Harvest Of Empire: A History Of Latinos In America By Juan Gonzalez

    1242 Words  | 5 Pages

    “To hunt them down, the government responded with scorched-earth campaigns, pacifications programs and paramilitary death squads, often with assistance from the US Special Forces advisers” (137-138). This caused in 1976 more than twenty thousand deaths, also the spread of this to the countryside. The outcome is what the government wanted them to become powerful to produce this sham election. The US went to help the government for politics, but now the relations between the two are very different. Reading some articles I saw that the “US urges citizens not to travel to Cuba, cuts embassy safe and halts visa processing” (Chicagotribune).

    Read More

  • William Mckinley Asks For War To Liberate Cuba Essay

    628 Words  | 3 Pages

    At that point he goes ahead to rundown first, second, third, and fourth on how they can really alter the problem. He says that it is their obligation to ensure the general population of Cuba and that it is the privilege of the US to mediate and offer assistance. He additionally utilizes a

    Read More

  • Cuban Missile Crisis Dbq Essay

    323 Words  | 2 Pages

    A large component of the Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis; this started when the U.S. attempted to assist the rebel Cubans to defeat the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro. The United States failed during the Bay of Pigs invasion by not properly taking out the Cuban Navy and solider as planned. After the attack, Fidel Castro gave a speech stating “Everybody, men and women, young and old, we are all one in this moment of danger. ”(Document H). This attacked caused the people of Cuba to fear what would happen if the U.S.—an omnipotent country of the time—attacked Cuba again.

    Read More

  • North Korea Dbq Analysis

    474 Words  | 2 Pages

    January of 1959, Cuba welcomed the first of the Cuban Revolution, and had become a communist country under the rule of Fidel Castro as mentioned in “Document D”. The US, against communism, became much involved in Cuba during 1962, when

    Read More

  • Comparing The Cuban And Cuban Refugees In The Late 1970s And Early 1980s

    438 Words  | 2 Pages

    One of the similarities these refugees had in common was that their presidents were dictators. Episode 4: "Mariel Boatlift: The Tide Turns" states that, “Tejero says the moment he spoke those words came to the retribution. Cuba, like Haiti, was a one-party country. If you went against the revolutionary government, you were put on a blacklist” (32). Shows that in Cuba there was a dictatorship, and none was able to say otherwise.

    Read More

  • Confusing The Saints Ana Menlendez

    188 Words  | 1 Pages

    Since the 1960s to even present day, Cuban exiles have been making their way

    Read More

  • Cold War Dbq Essay

    972 Words  | 4 Pages

    Simply put, In a Communist system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. The ultimate goal of communism is to create a classless society and creating a dictatorship (A government in which one ruler has complete control over a country.) For nearly 35 years, the Cold War took place between the Soviet Union and the United States. The war was referred to as cold because there was never any physical fighting between the two countries.

    Read More

  • Cuba's Involvement In The Spanish-American War

    997 Words  | 4 Pages

    Cuba would lose American influence thus leading to end of slavery. The U.S could not let that happen due to the fact it was the slaves who made Cuba the largest sugar producer. Without slaves and the high production and access to sugar, Cuba is almost useless economically. The U.S saw this island as a source of sugar and a place for trading. They placed large amounts of investments into Cuba and the U.S was not going to lose it all; nearly over $50 million was invested.3 The U.S spent money and time in Cuba to make more money, not to lose it.

    Read More

  • American Imperialism In The Mid And Late 1800s

    907 Words  | 4 Pages

    It is true that Spain was treating Cubans exceptionally harshly. However, after the United States took control of Cuba, it did little to ameliorate the treatment of the Cubans, although before and during the war the U.S. government had promised the American public and Spain that it would. The true drive for taking Cuba away from Spanish control was to guarantee implementing the Monroe Doctrine ensuring America’s hegemonic expansion. America’s true motivations can be seen in the Platt Amendment truly giving any freedom the United States had promised Cuba into the hands of the American government. The fact was that America was not ridding Cuba of an oppressor.

    Read More

  • Puerto Rico Compare And Contrast Essay

    653 Words  | 3 Pages

    Thousands of families every year are leaving Puerto Rico and migrating to the United States instead. As for Cuba, it 's now viewed as country who’s starting to make big changes and looking to start growing into a larger and efficient nation. In short, these two economies are very far apart from another, showing great

    Read More

  • Analysis Of A Nation For All By Alejandro De La Fuente

    1341 Words  | 6 Pages

    Therein lies the irony of solidarity mixed with ideas of superiority, a principle that De La Fuente should have emphasized rather than glazing over as it is crucial to examining revolutionary Cuba. In the other portion of the chapter, De La Fuente continues with Batista’s Cuba, but in a different light.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay On The Cuban Missile Crisis

    1141 Words  | 5 Pages

    Late president Nikita Khrushchev (from USSR), agreed to assist Castro and took immediate action. He installed missiles in Cuba, which the US thought was a threat to the security of their nation. In summary, I think that this was a defensive move by the Cubans. I most definitely agree with

    Read More

  • How Was The Cuban Revolution Successful

    522 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Cuban Revolution was successful in toppling the corrupt Batista dictatorship and getting the Cosa Nostra (a major crime syndicate in Sicily) out of Cuba. The Cuban Revolution was and is not successful however, in making Cuba a free land and a good place to live for everyone. It benefited just the communist party leaders. At first the Cuban people thought they were fighting from freedom, and that they were trying to free themselves from Batista and the United States. However, what most of the cuban people didn 't know it was that it was all a lie.

    Read More

More about Cuban Embargo Research Paper

Open Document