![]() ![]() Pressures to get Biden to fulfill his promise are mounting in the U.S. ![]() Indeed, Biden’s finite political capital and razor-thin margin in the Senate leaves him wary of upsetting even one Democrat, including anti-Castro hawks like Cuban-American Bob Menendez (D-NJ), not to mention Republican hawks like Cuban-American Marco Rubio (R-FL). Of the 240-plus measures adopted by Trump to toughen the blockade against Cuba, Biden has not rescinded even one. While Biden has rescinded dozens of Trump’s policies, on Cuba he has remained silent. electoral politics, particularly from the Cuban-American lobby that has kept Cuba locked in isolation for decades. It is no surprise to seasoned CAM readers that Biden’s position seems to have evaporated under the pressures of U.S. Biden’s wife, Jill, now First Lady, actually traveled to Cuba on an educational and cultural trip in 2016. On the campaign trail last September, Biden slammed Trump’s policies, calling them an “ abject failure,” and promised that he would, if elected, “… reverse the failed Trump policies that inflicted harm on Cubans and their families.” Indeed, Cuba is no mystery to the Bidens. While Obama’s policy of engagement, among other remedies, renewed diplomatic relations and eased restrictions on travel and remittances to the island, Trump reversed that trend and issued unprecedented aggressive policies against Cuba culminating in its inclusion on the unilateral State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The policy is aggressively pursued for fear that successful examples will inspire others to rid themselves of the shackles of the U.S. This serves not only to punish those who go their own way and reject neoliberal policies but also serves to showcase struggling, blockaded economies while misleading the public on the causes. policy: isolate nations like Cuba who rid themselves of U.S.-backed dictators and foreign control of their assets. The dire situation in Cuba is in great part the result of U.S. With Cuba now facing the worst phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, lifting the blockade-not to mention easening it with the stroke of a pen-would clearly be the most rational and humanitarian act. Food shortages were so dire then that malnutrition led to an epidemic disease of blindness afflicting tens of thousands. But further, the policy quashes all the productive potential normal relations with Cuba would foster, even for Americans.Īccording to some sources, conditions in Cuba are now worse than in the so-called “Special Period” in the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union. Yet the blockade continues to stifle the Cuban economy and harm the Cuban people. blockade of Cuba has not stopped the island-nation from pursuing its goals of living independently from neocolonial and neoliberal control, using its own national resources for the benefit of the Cuban people and instituting social programs like free universal health care and education. (November 7, 2019) įor over 60 years, the U.S. ![]() Photo taken during the last United Nations General Assembly vote on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba. Notwithstanding the ongoing nightmare Cubans continue to suffer under the blockade, the focus on health care and their advanced biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry may help them out of the pandemic. and Israel, with Bolsonaro’s Brazil joining them in 2019. And every year, only two countries vote against it: the U.S. Every year since 1992-2020 being an exception when the vote was not held given COVID restrictions-Cuba has introduced a resolution to end the blockade. blockade of Cuba, with 3 countries abstaining and 4 not voting. On June 23 rd, 184 countries at the United Nations voted yet again to condemn the U.S. and Israel While Conditions in Cuba Under the Blockade are Worsening-Potentially Worse than the Special Period-Cuba’s Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industry May Help Them Out of the Pandemic Blockade of Cuba-But As Usual, Only Two Countries Vote Against the Resolution: the U.S. 184 Countries Vote in the United Nations to Condemn U.S. ![]()
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