Free Cubans by Dropping Trade Restrictions
Fidel Castro
So, how should we move forward? Sirico writes:
Now the United States needs to rethink its policies. A vibrant trading relationship will prevent the new regime from continuing to scapegoat its Northern neighbor. It will inject much-need cultural and political influence. It will permit growing travel, emigration and immigration. In time, normalcy will pervade.
I recently talked with a Cuban acquaintance of mine about Cuba. He expressed the growing dissatisfaction that Cubans feel for the Castro regime (I spoke with him the week before Castro retired). The nation is impoverished financially, but also emotionally. People have forgotten how to be entrepreneurial; how to act on their ideas to make change. The difficulty of travel between such geographically close locations (the United States particularly), especially by Cuban citizens, the lack of economic contact with the United States, the religious opression experienced by Cubans until recently, and the tight control of ideas allows this feeling of woe to stew in its juices. The way to change is to open up: to make travel easier, to send missionaries, to allow Cubans to attend U.S. universities, to import Cuban cigars, and to encourage tourism to Cuba. Now is the time to free the Cubans.
Comments
#1 2008-07-23 11:17 (Reply)
Well, Castro did keep the borders closed in order not to let people to know how much better it’s in the USA. I think now nothing will change and the borders will closed. Otherwise the new leader puts the fate of the regime at risk.
It is a shame but I think that even if the USA changes its policy to Cuba nothing will be changed from the other side of the border. :(