Sanctions against Cuba

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the history, aims, and effectiveness of United States economic and travel sanctions against Cuba. The paper then focuses on the change in public opinion within the United States that favors dropping the sanctions against Cuba. Next, the paper discusses the arguments in favor of dropping the sanctions and presents them as personal recommendations to the President.

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Situation
Recommendations
Benefits of Change
Short- and Long-Term Change

From the Paper:

"Passage of this legislation came at a time when many in congress believed that the fall of Cuba was imminent, based on the example of the Soviet Union and its disintegration. They were wrong, though the sanctions they imposed continue as if they were effective. The formation and maintenance of the policy has been affected from the fist by competing interests in the U.S., and this only adds to the uncertainty seen by many: "The oddities of American politics being what they are, no one can be absolutely certain that the embargo will not last another forty years." Even as the Helms-Burton law was passed, future U.S.-Cuba relations were characterized as bleak as far as any positive change was concerned."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Carter, Tom. "Hope for Warmer U.S.-Cuba Ties Drastically Curtailed, Experts Say: Outlook 'Bleak' after Downing of Planes, Sanctions Law." The Washington Times (April 20, 1996), . 8.
• "Cuba: Introductory Survey," Europe World Yearbook, Volume 1 (London: Europa, 1998), 1076.
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• Iliff, Laurence. "Cuba's Reform Stalled in Initial Stages, Official Says." The Dallas Morning News (September 30, 1998), 1A.

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