Cuba Boycott: Who is to blame?

Do you agree with the politically or economically isolated regimes? Do you agree on the economic sanctions on Cuba? If your answer is no, read on this interesting article in which the author tries to tell you otherwise, with his rationales including unrestricted trade will move money from reasonably-compensated workers to despots and in fact such trade doesn't fundamentally improve the situations in those countries.

Over 14 years of Boycott, as a policy of trying to isolate Cuba from the rest of the hemisphere, has the United States achieved what it wanted to? Direct trade with Cuba is still banned. But in a way they have lifted the sanctions realizing that the ordinary Cuban's are not to blame?

Deborah Chapman reported on Peace and Environment News site in March 1997, about the thirty one overseas development agencies, church groups, unions and Cuba solidarity groups who have come together to ask Canadians to oppose the U.S. law restricting international business with Cuba. Want to know more about the story? Check out now!

After the infamous embargo on trade wth Cuba, it was time for sports. The United States stopped the participation of Cuba in the world Baseball Classis Championshp. Puerto Rico as one of the hosting nations also gave its support to Cuba and wanted to pullout of the competition. Once again a deadly mix of politics with sports interest.