The Cuban Embargo
The opportunity to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba are conceivable, but with a new president at the White House the future of Cuba can very well remain status quo. LeoGrande (2015) examines the constraints and fluidity of the United States embargo against Cuba as it’s laws and policies alter intermittently to fit the specific needs of the eleven presidents whom have held office in the White House since the embargo has been imposed. The Cuban embargo remains to be the oldest and most comprehensive set of United States economic sanctions against any country in the world and its initial purpose to force the Castro regime out of power or at the very least, change the communist regime’s mindset in the country has failed.
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The implementation and continuation of the embargo continues to push the United States’ agenda onto deaf ears and causes a direct negative impact to the people on the island resulting in a violation of basic human rights. Coli (2007) indicates that the Cuban embargo is a violation to economic, social, and cultural rights therefore a violation of basic human rights which disrupts Cuban people’s everyday lives. The status quo of the embargo is a contradiction to its initial purpose which ironically uses the violation of human rights to promote the perpetuation of the embargo, but in reality, the embargo no longer serves a purpose in Cuba nor in the United States. To prove this, Coli (2007) and two Cubans living on the island conducted a 12-month survey to gauge the public opinion of Cubans living across the island regarding the Cuban embargo. Of the people surveyed 93% were against the Cuban embargo and the remaining 7% felt the embargo made no significant difference to Cuba. Furthermore, countries like the United States, who have placed sanctions on other countries, such as Cuba, have an ethical responsibility to ensure innocent people are not penalized or deliberately inflicted with harm and basic humanitarian efforts are …show more content…
With entrepreneurial spirts at heart and Cuban-American firm’s small business assistance, 1980 marked a time in the United States when Cubans were considered an elite group. Their occupational status and self-employment rates were equal to and at times higher above all other Latin immigrant groups. Very much like many parts of Florida today, Miami was once a haven for retirees with the economy dependent on the tourist-oriented warm winter months. Notably, Miami has successfully progressed into a major metropolitan city due to the contributions of the Cubans who fled for freedom to rebuild their lives in the United States. Portes and Puhrmann (2015) used census data as a source to analyze the economic change among Cubans living in Miami and the entrepreneurial disunion of economic returns after the arrival of the Mariel boatlift which resulted in a significant decline in reported family incomes. Based on this data, Post-Mariel Cubans who were raised on the island during the revolution did not excel like their predecessors as their entrepreneur spirit declined, work ethic suffered and dependency on government assistance was
The implementation and continuation of the embargo continues to push the United States’ agenda onto deaf ears and causes a direct negative impact to the people on the island resulting in a violation of basic human rights. Coli (2007) indicates that the Cuban embargo is a violation to economic, social, and cultural rights therefore a violation of basic human rights which disrupts Cuban people’s everyday lives. The status quo of the embargo is a contradiction to its initial purpose which ironically uses the violation of human rights to promote the perpetuation of the embargo, but in reality, the embargo no longer serves a purpose in Cuba nor in the United States. To prove this, Coli (2007) and two Cubans living on the island conducted a 12-month survey to gauge the public opinion of Cubans living across the island regarding the Cuban embargo. Of the people surveyed 93% were against the Cuban embargo and the remaining 7% felt the embargo made no significant difference to Cuba. Furthermore, countries like the United States, who have placed sanctions on other countries, such as Cuba, have an ethical responsibility to ensure innocent people are not penalized or deliberately inflicted with harm and basic humanitarian efforts are …show more content…
With entrepreneurial spirts at heart and Cuban-American firm’s small business assistance, 1980 marked a time in the United States when Cubans were considered an elite group. Their occupational status and self-employment rates were equal to and at times higher above all other Latin immigrant groups. Very much like many parts of Florida today, Miami was once a haven for retirees with the economy dependent on the tourist-oriented warm winter months. Notably, Miami has successfully progressed into a major metropolitan city due to the contributions of the Cubans who fled for freedom to rebuild their lives in the United States. Portes and Puhrmann (2015) used census data as a source to analyze the economic change among Cubans living in Miami and the entrepreneurial disunion of economic returns after the arrival of the Mariel boatlift which resulted in a significant decline in reported family incomes. Based on this data, Post-Mariel Cubans who were raised on the island during the revolution did not excel like their predecessors as their entrepreneur spirit declined, work ethic suffered and dependency on government assistance was