Normalizing relations would also have the benefit of opening up opportunities in the medical industry. Cuba’s healthcare system is well regarded for its overall excellence over most civilized countries. “Cuba’s biotech research effort has produced a variety of products ranging from vaccines and cancer therapy drugs to fetal monitoring equipment, and now holds 400 patents in the biotech field”( Aitsiselmi pg.1). The easing of policies can open up more avenues of cooperation and the exchanging of ideas between the U.S.’s “curative model” of medicine and Cuba's model of preventive medicine(Aitsiselmi pg.1).
A third reason for normalizing relations with Cuba is for the benefit of Cuban citizens. They are not to blame and are merely at the mercy …show more content…
The embargo makes the U.S. and its world’s biggest market look like they're afraid of a tiny island. The U.S. is seen as an oppressor to the small caribbean country. Castro is very successful at painting the U.S. as the aggressors as he puts all the blame on them for the conditions that Cubans are living under. He is a very charismatic leader and is beloved by his supporters the world over. The embargo strengthens Castro’s political international clout in the world and his influence over Cuban exiles in Miami. His regime uses the restrictions of the embargo, among many things, as a means to anger Cuban exiles living in Florida. He skillfully manipulates them into aligning themselves politically in certain matters. They hold a major vote in a swing state and Castro’s regime is knowledgeable of the fact. The exiles feel that the embargo should be kept intact and would vote against anyone who sees different. “While he doesn’t want the United States to become so angry that we actually invade the island, he wants the embargo to remain, and he wants everybody, in Cuba and around the world, to think the embargo is America’s fault” (Mead …show more content…
The embargo adds to the view around the world that the U.S. is a neo colonial power and Imperial capitalist machine. Even though China is an Authoritarian State and purport to be a Communist country, U.S. trade has never slowed with them. Even the embargo against Vietnam ended in 94, a country at which the U.S. spent nine years at war. This further adds to the notion that the U.S. is hypocritical in their policies toward Cuba. With the trade blockade in place against Cuba, the U.S. appears simultaneously afraid and an oppressor of
A third reason for normalizing relations with Cuba is for the benefit of Cuban citizens. They are not to blame and are merely at the mercy …show more content…
The embargo makes the U.S. and its world’s biggest market look like they're afraid of a tiny island. The U.S. is seen as an oppressor to the small caribbean country. Castro is very successful at painting the U.S. as the aggressors as he puts all the blame on them for the conditions that Cubans are living under. He is a very charismatic leader and is beloved by his supporters the world over. The embargo strengthens Castro’s political international clout in the world and his influence over Cuban exiles in Miami. His regime uses the restrictions of the embargo, among many things, as a means to anger Cuban exiles living in Florida. He skillfully manipulates them into aligning themselves politically in certain matters. They hold a major vote in a swing state and Castro’s regime is knowledgeable of the fact. The exiles feel that the embargo should be kept intact and would vote against anyone who sees different. “While he doesn’t want the United States to become so angry that we actually invade the island, he wants the embargo to remain, and he wants everybody, in Cuba and around the world, to think the embargo is America’s fault” (Mead …show more content…
The embargo adds to the view around the world that the U.S. is a neo colonial power and Imperial capitalist machine. Even though China is an Authoritarian State and purport to be a Communist country, U.S. trade has never slowed with them. Even the embargo against Vietnam ended in 94, a country at which the U.S. spent nine years at war. This further adds to the notion that the U.S. is hypocritical in their policies toward Cuba. With the trade blockade in place against Cuba, the U.S. appears simultaneously afraid and an oppressor of