Case : Cuban-U.S. relations: The commercial, economic and financial embargo that the US imposed on Cuba in the wake of the island’s successful 1962 Communist revolution against the anti-communist dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was supposed to undermine the totalitarian rule of Fidel Castro and, according to the US State Department, “promote a peaceful transition to a stable, democratic government and respect for human rights in Cuba”; in the past 50 years since, the embargo has failed to achieve its intended goal. The communist government of Cuba under the leadership of Fidel Castro and his designated successor, brother Raul Castro, is a one-party regime that denies basic political freedoms and rights to Cuban citizens. Cuba imposes tightly restricted avenues for political expression; political dissent is quickly silenced and often harshly punished. Political parties opposed to Castro’s Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) are outlawed by the Cuban constitution- would be organizers and leaders of parties other than the PCC are imprisoned as criminals. Although the Cuban government has helped the tiny Caribbean nation achieve one of the highest rates of literacy in the world and has established health care and advanced medical research surpassing all other Caribbean nations, Cubans enjoy no guarantees of freedom of the press or freedom of association and they can be dismissed from their jobs if they express dissident political views. However, the United Nations has denounced the US embargo on Cuba; all other countries have established normal relations with Cuba. Some foreign policy experts say it is time for the US to end the embargo and negotiate normal trade agreements; others say we must not reward a communist dictator with the benefits of trade with the US. What issues involving U.S. interests were raised in this case study you read?
Case : Cuban-U.S. relations: The commercial, economic and financial embargo that the US imposed on Cuba in the wake of the island’s successful 1962 Communist revolution against the anti-communist dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was supposed to undermine the totalitarian rule of Fidel Castro and, according to the US State Department, “promote a peaceful transition to a stable, democratic government and respect for human rights in Cuba”; in the past 50 years since, the embargo has failed to achieve its intended goal. The communist government of Cuba under the leadership of Fidel Castro and his designated successor, brother Raul Castro, is a one-party regime that denies basic political freedoms and rights to Cuban citizens. Cuba imposes tightly restricted avenues for political expression; political dissent is quickly silenced and often harshly punished. Political parties opposed to Castro’s Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) are outlawed by the Cuban constitution- would be organizers and leaders of parties other than the PCC are imprisoned as criminals. Although the Cuban government has helped the tiny Caribbean nation achieve one of the highest rates of literacy in the world and has established health care and advanced medical research surpassing all other Caribbean nations, Cubans enjoy no guarantees of freedom of the press or freedom of association and they can be dismissed from their jobs if they express dissident political views. However, the United Nations has denounced the US embargo on Cuba; all other countries have established normal relations with Cuba. Some foreign policy experts say it is time for the US to end the embargo and negotiate normal trade agreements; others say we must not reward a communist dictator with the benefits of trade with the US.
- What issues involving U.S. interests were raised in this case study you read?
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