Sorry but the embrago doesn't stop them from trading with many of their neighbors. I'm getting sick of the left giving the horrible Castro regime a free pass by hysterically yelling, "embargo" everytime Cuba comes up.
Cuba's main problem is its leadership. The US coaxing it to a free market system that respects human rights and property rights is only good for Cuba. The Castros were more than willing to continue to starve their people and become the West's North Korea.
>John Oliver has a very interesting piece on his HBO show.
Maybe you should get your opinions from something other than lowest common denominator appeal comedians. Start here:
You are mistaken, the US embargo with Cuba does prevent Cuba from trading with other nations, as other nations are restricted in their USA trade if they do trade with Cuba.
Iirc, any vessel that trades with Cuba is restricted from trading with the USA within some time window. So clearly most Caribbean nations choose to focus their trades with the big USA partner.
Regarding human rights, as others have mentioned, we don't embargo countries that have far worse records.
The Cuban embargo is nothing but an antiquated relic of the Cold War that hurts the citizens of Cuba without having much impact on causing change in the government. And ironically it only serves to strengthen the government by giving the people an easy scapegoat for its problems.
Have you been to Cuba? I've been twice. Incredible experience and I highly recommend it.
Cuba's main problem is its leadership. The US coaxing it to a free market system that respects human rights and property rights is only good for Cuba. The Castros were more than willing to continue to starve their people and become the West's North Korea.
>John Oliver has a very interesting piece on his HBO show.
Maybe you should get your opinions from something other than lowest common denominator appeal comedians. Start here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba
and here:
http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/cuba
and here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cuba-country-of-c...
Please stop romanticizing the Castro regime.