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BObama is liberalizing visitation and transfer of funds into Cuba. On its face, his modest change sounds sensible. The other side of the coin, though, is that ten previous Presidents, in basically the same fact situation have maintained a fundamental embargo.
posted by UMRBlog @ 06:07
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I think a key point is in your text- 10 U.S. Presidents upheld the embargo and the facts haven't changed...I read this as evidence that the embargo does not achieve the desired objective of deposing the communist regime in Cuba. By engaging Cuba economically and diplomatically we can open up their society and hopefully lessen the influence of Hugo Chavez in Caribbean/South American affairs- plus increase the talent pool for MLB
I see that argument.
Of course, one effect of the embargo has been to weaken coaching in Cuba and their talented players are not as fundamentally sound as they were a generation ago. In the late 60's, I'd say the Cuban League generally was AAA, maybe A today with the odd MLB talent thrown in.
The other thing that HAS changed is that many more countries, particularly EU countries have strategic partnerships with Cuba.
As I've noted before, I can remember when the rich folks where I lived used to vacation in Cuba. American Tourism was their second biggest industry.
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Now you can go there and visit Che's grave, if anyone wants to.
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Newsweek has a great article this week about closing down Guantanamo to let Cuban-Americans start a free trade zone there. Cuban-Americans are now sending money there which supports the regime, and this idea might put some real cracks in it--plus, we'd be taking money out of Cuba . . .
Don't know how feasible this is, but it's fascinating to ponder . . .
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