Why is there still an embargo against Cuba.
So this is coming from an Englishman so I may be missing some context an American might know. I have recently booked a holiday to Cuba and it got me thinking about why USA still has an embargo against Cuba when they deal with much worse countries than Cuba.
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It requires an act of Congress, and the political capital to do it isn’t worth potentially alienating Cuban American voters in Florida. Plus the American and Cuban governments still really don’t like each other which is not going to change anytime soon.
In a sane world the U.S. would have dropped the embargo long ago, the carrot is better than the stick. There would still be sanctions, Cuba is still an authoritarian oppressive state.
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