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November 10, 2022

Would Conciliatory U.S. Gestures Lead to Change in Cuba?

The United Nations General Assembly on Nov. 3 voted for the 30th time to call for an end to the U.S. embargo of Cuba. // Photo: United Nations/ Loey Felipe.

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  • Eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders signed a letter that was released Nov. 2, calling on the United States to end its six-decade embargo on Cuba and also remove the Caribbean country from its state sponsors of terrorism list. The letter’s release came just ahead of an annual vote in the United Nations in which member states voted overwhelmingly for the 30th year to condemn the embargo. While U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has made some friendly moves toward Cuba, such as offering $2 million in hurricane relief, it has also been critical of Cuba’s human rights record. How likely is the United States to make more conciliatory gestures toward Cuba, and what can the United States expect in return? What is the state of Cuba’s private sector, and how much opportunity does it offer to Cuban entrepreneurs? How developed are business ties between the countries, and how likely are they to get stronger?

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Coco Fusco, professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York: “The Biden administration has not reverted to Obama-era policies; only moderate adjustments to the Trump administration’s hardline policies have been adopted. This is partly due to the fact that the Cuban government did not respond to Obama’s loosening of some embargo rules as Washington had anticipated. Instead, the Cuban government has increased control and taxation of independent businesses, cracked down on human rights activists and issued laws that criminalize independent cultural activity and journalism. The utopian idea that business would be a motor of political change was popularized by the Obama administration. The problem with that idea now is …”

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