The Cuban Embargo

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The paper examines the history of the Cuban embargo in light of the historical background at the start of the 20th century. The paper explains the political and economic dominance of the United States, the rise of Fidel Castro to power and the relationship between the two sides during the Cold War. The paper also discusses how the embargo has not delivered the desired effects and has also limited the access of American firms and US citizens to Cuba. The paper asserts that as long as the Cold War and the Soviet threat are no longer real threats, the embargo should be stopped and a road to democracy for the Cuban people should be paved through diplomatic relations rather than conflicting ones.

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"The relationship between the US and the Cuban island has been considered for a long period of time to be one of the most tensioned aspects of foreign policy, at least in this part of the world. The historical conditions allowed the United States to play a pivotal role in the economic and political development of the relations between the two sides. However, the fact that the Cold War gave way to a different political regime which was not accepted by the US from the point of view of the ideological clash between the capitalist and the communist lines of thought, the two countries entered in a period which can be characterized by a continuous situation of political and economic tensions which is nowadays set in doubt for the possible benefits it has in terms of achieving the initial goal which was to bring democracy to Cuba."

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