Let Cuban embargo be

Let Cuban embargo be
May 8, 2009

Who says that the Cuban embargo is not working? Not only does Castro not
have money to refurbish buildings, but the economy cannot replace the
cars from the 1950s, as depicted in your picture of the Capitolio
building in a May 3 Outlook story. He also doesn't have money to spread
communism to Africa and Latin America.

Instead of trying to lift the embargo on Cuba as a way for the United
States to expand economic avenues, the United States should place more
emphasis on building economic relations with Latin America to make their
economies stronger as a combatant to the spread of communism via
Chávez's economic influence.

We cannot speak of lifting the Cuban embargo without dealing with human
rights violations against dissidents in Cuba. Should we sell our souls
to the devil for the almighty dollar? Isn't that what got us in trouble
with Cuba in the first place, by selling arms to both sides in the
revolution and then leaving the Cuban anti-rebel forces hanging during
the Bay of Pigs? I am not a Cuban "fanatic." I am a Cuban-American
liberal Democrat who voted for Obama and who is appalled at the behavior
of the Congressional Black Caucus' last visit to Cuba.

Fernando J. Gutiérrez, Miramar

Let Cuban embargo be -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (8 May 2009)

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/cuba/sfl-cuban-embargo-letter-m050809pnmay08,0,5040634.story