The United States embargo against Cuba prevents American businesses from conducting trade with Cuban interests. In December 2014 President Obama ordered the restoration of full democratic relations with Cuba. The order lifted a 54-year-old trade embargo and eased restrictions on banking and American’s travel to the country. When President Trump took office in 2017 his administration re-imposed the U.S. travel ban, citing Cuba poor record with human rights. In July 2021 President Biden imposed new sanctions on Cuba’s police force and on two of Cuba’s leaders in response to…
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@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, lift the travel embargo but do not allow trade until Cuba becomes a democratic republic
@9G9C49K1yr1Y
Yes, but regulate any money exchanged from trade and tourism to ensure it isn’t put towards the Cuban government’s repressive practices
@9C69K682yrs2Y
No, lift the travel,food and medicine embargo but do not allow economic trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@5DK2YDR4yrs4Y
Yes, and it should have been done years ago. We should have had a McDonalds in Havana the day after the Russians cut off foreign aid to them. There is no argument for not doing so...if we can overlook the human rights violations of China, our largest trading partner, we can do so with Cuba. Cuba represents a new market for American products and services, which is good for our economy. Further isolationism will gain nothing (how's that working out with North Korea?).
@9S2PDWW4mos4MO
Cuba is a communist nation in the Caribbean, which has been hostile United States for a long time. To trade restrictions with Cuba and to allow Cubans into United and vice versa, is definitely a step in the right direction of ending hostilities and reconciling with Cuba. But it must be a primary effort on the federal government to transition Cuba from being a country with a communist government and economy to being a country that resembles our own, a capitalist, republic, with its own unique culture, and customs. Cubans must be allowed to be as they wish to be, but we must encourage them to embrace our Republican form of government and our capitalist economy, and in order to do this, we must show it to them that they will prosper more under these two functions than they would ever under communism.
@9TNCM453mos3MO
Yeah, how's that working out in China. Oh wait, it isn't. They're still communist.
@598KZPH4yrs4Y
That is because Obama is stupid. Cuba did their own thing and wanted to be on their own. Let them suffer and fail until they realize they need us and decide to become part of the USA as a state. In turn, we can enforce the same laws and so forth over there as here and build a base there.
@9T6MJJD3mos3MO
No, but lift the travel,medicine and food embargo but do not allow economic trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@4XYL4N64yrs4Y
Yes, and pay restitution.
@94SWRVH2yrs2Y
Yes, and apologize to Cuba
@97VGX25 10mos10MO
No, lift the travel, food, and medicine embargo but do not allow economic trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@9D4ZPFY1yr1Y
No, lift the travel,food and medicine embargo,but do not allow economic trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@9D3RPBQ1yr1Y
All travel embargoes should be gone regardless of political ideology as long as it’s not harmful.
@9LJ2DYF8mos8MO
I think that Embargo is too much of an effort for too little a reward. I believe lifting the Embargo could potentially renew American-Cuban Relations and lead to a formidable alliance within the Caribbean.
@9TNCM453mos3MO
As though an alliance with communists without a greater threat is possible or even a good idea.
@8CL3F874yrs4Y
We should be politically allied with Cuba and the Communist Party
@599BDGR4yrs4Y
No, this will allow the U.S. to exploit Cuban farmers and workers.
@9ZM67694wks4W
No, but instead lift the travel medicine and food embargo but do not allow economic trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@9ZDFDSN1mo1MO
No, make an agreement with Cuban rebels to fund a capitalist insurgency in exchange that Cuba will be annexed by the USA when Castro is overthrown
@9LGL8BR8mos8MO
The only things that I will say is that we should have annexed Cuba during the Spanish American war.
@9GN5KWP1yr1Y
Yes, but regulate the money exchanged through trade and tourism to ensure it isn’t put towards the Cuban government’s repressive practices
@9GSGPR31yr1Y
The government does not have the authority to dictate to its citizenry where it may or may not travel, but the US should not allow trade until Cuba becomes a democratic republic.
@9975FV32yrs2Y
No, lift the travel,food and medicine embargo. But do not allow trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@9FY58GG1yr1Y
Yes but only if Cuba improves its human rights. They have a right to be communist if that’s what it’s citizens want for the country
@VulcanMan6 1yr1Y
What part of Cuba do you think is communist..?
@9CJ6CB61yr1Y
I honestly couldn’t name much, most of the “communist” countries are not communist in theirselves, but countries RUN by crappy communists with few actual actions one could call communist.
@95K7BH72yrs2Y
No, but lift the travel,food and medicine embargo,but do not allow trade.
Yes, but impose tariffs until they become a democracy and encourage the Cuban people to increase pressure upon the government.
@9CJ6CB68mos8MO
Believe me, that’s a misguided notion. They’re on of the most democratic nations in terms of constitutional law, their issue is internal corruption, something that we cannot fix by invading, pressuring, or forcing the Cuban government to break. The people WANT them, almost overwhelmingly in fact, and we’re intentionally ignoring that and orchestrating protests. I get that they have severe concerns of their government, but we need to table that until trade embargoes are lifted so they can actually afford to survive and grow.
Yes, and end the blockade.
I am not knowledgeable enough to answer this question
@98628CB2yrs2Y
No, lift the travel,food and medicine embargo,but do not allow trade until Cuba becomes a non-communist free society.
@8CH3R754yrs4Y
Yes, we should stay out of it. People should have a choice
The only people suffering with an embargo are innocent citizens. Time to let this go like we did with Japan & Germany
@9ZW543C2wks2W
Yes. Embargos, tariffs, and sanctions don’t work. All they do is increase hostility. Instead we should provide economic incentives for global collaboration through free trade.
@LoneLupari3wks3W
Lifting trade and travel should only be done if relationship with Cuba's goverment becomes peaceful.
@9ZKJVK44wks4W
Yes, the embargo placed on Cuba is extremely detrimental to their economy and society in general. We need to learn to coexist with communist or otherwise non-capitalist nations, or we will never find peace.
@9ZFVYG91mo1MO
Yes, and end all sanctions against Cuba and normalize relations between the US and Cuba, rightoids can cope
@9YBP9WM1mo1MO
The entire world should be able to do business with anyone they please without politics getting involved.
@9Y4XKHR1mo1MO
Trade should be allowed and travel should still be embarged until it the country becomes either grey or lean capitalist.
@9Y3TJZ21mo1MO
Yes in a sense that Fidel Castro is dead and out of power, it gives us an opportunity to give the people of Cuba a taste of Liberty so that they can overthrow Communism. Also we need to supply weapons to the Cuban people.
@9XSR4WW 1mo1MO
Yes, but with heavy scrutiny until the Cuban government renounces several repressive policies and secret ties with foreign adversaries.
@9XNYPCS1mo1MO
Yes, to an extent. Lift the travel ban, but restrict non-humanitarian trade to ensure that nothing of benefit is put towards the Cuban government’s repressive policies.
@9XKDBM61mo1MO
Taking into account that Cuba is a dictatorship and that in reality there is no blockade, because there is often trade, and the problem is that the Cuban state itself has imposed the blockade on the people, regulating everything and stealing.
@9XGY7PM1mo1MO
No, travel between Cuba and the U.S. should be allowed, but the U.S. should not be required to support a communist nation allied with our enemies
Any fresh trade with Cuba will improve our relations with each other. And even if they are a communist country, they are still our neighbor and it'd be pretty stupid to piss off a neighbor.
@9WTLZHL2mos2MO
Yes, the embargo is ineffective, only serves to hurt the Cuban population, and provides the Cuban government with anti-American propaganda
Yes, to an extent. Allow travel but ensure that any exchanged funds from trading benefit average Cubans and not Cuba’s repressive government.
@9WBNKV4Progressive 2mos2MO
Yes, the country has been economically crippled enough. If reform or changes are wanted there in the domestic mindset here, the influx of new will also cause the citizenry to request reforms to be like more of the rest of the world.
@9W8BVQX2mos2MO
Cuba should be allowed to choose communism or democracy, and Americans should not be allowed to travel to Cuba under normal circumstances until humanitarian rights are severely improved.
@9W4K8DY2mos2MO
no, it should not be lifted until Cuba better respects human rights and does not pose danger to the US.
This question is outdated as Obama is no longer in office. (Honestly he just dropped off the radar after the end of his term.)
@karmahascome 2mos2MO
Yes, but cautiously. Trade should focus on essentials like food and medicine, while travel should support education and humanitarian efforts.
@9V577FF3mos3MO
No, lift the embargo on travel, food, and medicine but do not allow trade until Cuba has a pro-American government
@9TTGJPX3mos3MO
I do not believe friendship should be denied with a country because we do not share a complete political agreement with them
@9TRTVDX 3mos3MO
End the blockade on cuba and provide reparations to the Cuban people and government. And try every president that supported the blockade
@9L7P6NQ9mos9MO
No, and push HARD for them to encourage other communist nations to change to a democratic republic with it
Yes. We're the ones who destabilized Cuba in the first place, we should be responsible for aiding the country and it's citizens.
@9L696YZ9mos9MO
don't have much information on the embargo on Cuba so I will refrain from making an immature decision
@9L5JCR99mos9MO
I think we should hold Cuba to the same standards we hold other countries that are communist, like China. You can't pick and choose which countries deserve your morale outrage depending on what they can give you.
@9KWT5RX9mos9MO
I think that there is a possibility that Cuba could fall away from its communist government with American influence, but it should be limited.
@9KVMRW79mos9MO
Yes, and we should restore the sovereignty of colonized nations such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, etc.
@9KVDXLB9mos9MO
Yes, punishing other nations for having ideological differences with you, especially if you have more resources than them, is colonialism.
@9KLLSFBRepublican 9mos9MO
If violence or some other negative consequence ensues from the lifted embargo, then the embargo should be put back in place.
@9KKSHMQ9mos9MO
Yes but don't give in too much, want warmer relations to thaw their ties to the east (China and Russia) and I think this is a step in the right direction.
@9KHN8QP9mos9MO
I believe that the embargo should be lifted, but Cuban imports and exports should be monitored for a given period of time.
@9KHD9C89mos9MO
President Obama? Remove all embargos after Cubans have overthrown their government and become a constitutional Republic.
@9KHB9QJ9mos9MO
I think its important to have a positive relationship with Cuba but we cant forget what they did to us
@9KFRZWF10mos10MO
Yes, we should not be limiting trade, we should be encouraging it; it is not our job to decide what form of government they have
@9KDC3SX10mos10MO
Yes, ut systematically and slowly depending on progress made by Cuba to show actual improvements in areas the U.S. is concerned with.
@9KCKYBPRepublican10mos10MO
Yes, free trade and the open market is what we are in support of, we should not limit it because of our opinions on another country's policies.
@9K7XXKB10mos10MO
Lessen restrictions, but do not completely lift the embargo unless a liberal democracy is in control of Cuba.
@9K59CPP10mos10MO
Yes, and repair relations with Cuba to become allies, so we can both work together to achieve socialism and communism.
@9FLXP7K1yr1Y
No, lift the travel embargo. We can see how great communism is after the skilled workers leave the country, along with countless others.
@98NVJ3P 1yr1Y
I don't have enough knowledge about the subject to answer.
@9F7KHZM1yr1Y
Yes, and I fully believe that Cuba must be left alone, and the US should stop interfering with the country altogether, forever.
@9F3N5VL1yr1Y
Yes, and we should build military bases in similar countries in our hemisphere
@9F3BVQ61yr1Y
@9F3692S1yr1Y
Yes, but not under the terms he negotiated. It was a horrifyingly one-sided against the US.
@9F22JV51yr1Y
Yes, how long must the Cuban people suffer under economic sanctions before the U.S leadership thaws their cold-war-era attitude?
@9DXV8WZ1yr1Y
Yes, It is inhumane to keep thousands of people under an embargo that has been protested for nearly 60 years.
Yes, but if needed under the right circumstances it should go back up.
Yes, Economic sanctions against Cuba should also be lifted and we should improve relations with them
Yes, and Economic sanctions against Cuba should also be lifted
@9DXQK9Z1yr1Y
@9DX79WD1yr1Y
Yes, but we should remove all sanctions on Cuba and work with Cuba.
@9DTQLM81yr1Y
No, lift the trade embargo but do not allow travel to Cuba
@9DSBRGY1yr1Y
I will have to research more about this topic.
@9DRHBPR1yr1Y
Yes, and remove it from the list of state sponsors of terrorism to avoid tensions with China and Russia
@9DQQ6LH1yr1Y
Make peace with Cuba but do not supply.
@9DNSK241yr1Y
Yes but Cuba’s cultural heritage and Havana and other architecturally colonial cities must be visually preserved and not overbuilt with new high rises and hotels.
@9DNPZHT1yr1Y
No, we should have seized Cuba 100 years ago and should do the same today.
No, overthrow the Cuban government and replace it with a liberal democracy
@9DLFL8C1yr1Y
depends if the embargos were affecting Cuban civilians more than their messed up government.
@9DJSHFN1yr1Y
No, we should normalize relations with Cuba
@9DH89PR1yr1Y
Trade can only be allowed after Cuba returns what it has stolen (with interest).
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