U.S.-Cuba Policy: A Boon for Cuban-American Entrepreneurs
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U.S.-Cuba Policy: A Boon for Cuban-American Entrepreneurs
Posted: 01/26/2013 9:36 pm
Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes.
The time has come and almost gone for Washington to repair its broken relations with Cuba. For 53 years the White House has maintained a punishing embargo on trade with Cuba. Its proponents, with the goal of removing Cuba's revolutionary government, still plead: "Give it time."
In 2001 President George W. Bush allowed for an exception permitting U.S. companies to sell agricultural products to Cuba for immediate payment, although imports from Cuba remained off limits. Other economic sectors received no benefits.
Cuban-Americans, particularly from south Florida, now export goods and remittances to relatives and friends while importing profits from sales made to fellow Cubans in Cuba, giving them an advantage denied to the rest of the country.
Washington pundits attribute superhuman strength to the anti-Castro lobby; thus no President would attempt to lift the trade and travel embargoes on the island. Yet Cuban-Americans trade with and travel to Cuba freely on a daily basis. The "embargo" applies to everyone except Cuban-Americans.
More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saul-landau/cuban-american-entrepreneurs_b_2559965.html
On edit: Just added this article to "Good Reads", to get wider readership. U.S. Americans need to know this is happening.
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