Since 2000, there have been several attempts to lift the Bush imposed travel restrictions on Cuba, however, the Bush Administration always threatened to veto legislation that seemed like it was meant to weaken the sanctions against Cuba. In the 110th Congress, many different legislations have been proposed that would lift or ease travel to and from Cuba, and on the issue of remittance to Cuba. These pieces of legislation include “H.R. 654 (Rangel), which is the Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2007, and it would lift overall restrictions on travel to Cuba. A couple of bills that would lift a great portion
John F. Kennedy was increasingly worried disclosures detailing his much-rumored womanizing. Almost everyone in the media dealing with un-relative things in relation with society. Prior to Kennedy’s election to the presidency, the Eisenhower Administration created a plan to overthrow the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba. Central to such a plan, which was structured and detailed y the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with minimal input from the United States Department of State, was the arming of a counter-revolutionary insurgency composed of anti-Castro Cubans. U.S. trained Cuban insurgents were to invade Cuba and instigate an uprising among the Cuban people in hopes of removing Castro from power.
In order to understand the reasons for the invasion we must look at the fear and loathing the U.S. had for Communism. The “Red Scare” and the “Domino Theory” were dominating American Culture and America had an extreme paranoia against the Soviet Union and the spread of Communism. Cuba was a country that sat about 90 miles off the shores of Florida and had a fierce dictator in charge, Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro had overthrown the government of Batista and established a new government. A few weeks after the ousting of Batista, Castro is appointed premier.
Cuba was only ninety miles away from the US and they feared that communism would spread. The Bay of Pigs was a disaster for Kennedy’s presidency. It was an embarrassment for him and it was not a good start for any President. However, the United States feared communism, because a communist regime was so close to their borders. They feared that communism would spread and become popular in the US.
The nation lay mostly untouched and disregarded by the United States in the 19th century, following earlier foreign policy to stay removed from international affairs. Theodore Roosevelt’s rise to the presidency, his imperialistic desires, expansionism into Latin America, and his theory of “Big Stick Diplomacy” began the basis of United States’ control and influence within Latin America. The Dominican Republic was not a major player in World War I; however, its influence on international affairs is very notable. Before the actual outbreak of World War I, none of the republics in Latin America even considered collaboration amongst nations diplomatically in order to preserve neutrality in the event of a foreign war, or to reinforce and defend themselves against aggression or invasion. The Dominican Republic itself had every intention of remaining neutral as soon as the war began, but it did not account for the United States’ soon following intervention.
The root of this decision lies in the pirate activity of the four African Barbary states (Document D). When Tripoli demanded the US buy protection in order to stop the naval harassment, Jefferson refused, negating the views of other Federalists who would have done differently. Tripoli declared war on the United States, and Jefferson was forced to augment the size of the navy in order to defeat the Barbary pirates. The Louisiana Purchase is another course of action taken by Jefferson known for contradicting his strict constructionist views. Neglecting the fact that there is no clause in the Constitution permitting him to purchase land, Jefferson used Napoleon’s European conquest to help him get rid of New World worries.
It has been about 50 years since this embargo took effect and no changes to its policy in sight. Instead of an embargo, is the United Sates at war with Cuba without knowing it? I believe that the United State is at war with Cuba because they are using tactics that would normally be used against a country they are at war with. They are not trading with Cuba because of their relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. During war, nobody win
During this time, the United States was pursuing manifest destiny and had just acquired vast new territories from Mexico and now has its eyes set upon acquiring the island of Cuba. Because Spain had refused to sell Cuba to the United States previously, now, with the fading dependency Spanish Cuba had to Spain the United States responded with the Ostend Manifesto, as the declaration warning that if Spain refused to sell the island, “then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wrestling it from Spain if we possess the power.” Spanish Cuba began to start having revolutionary ideas of its own about independence that did not include becoming annexed by the United States. In reference to the Cuban Revolutionary Party’s delegate, Jose Marti’s Letter to the editor, New York Evening Post, on March 25th, 1889, “It is probable that no self-respecting Cuban would like to see his country annexed to a nation where the leaders of opinion share towards him the prejudices excusable only to vulgar jingoism or rampant
Currently, the United States is holding the longest known embargo against Cuba until Cuba decides to move toward democratization and gain a greater respect for human rights. Embargos have rarely worked in the past, so it is a puzzle as to why they continue to be put into place. Embargos and economic sanctions are very closely related to one another. Embargos refer to an official ban on trade and other commercial activities with certain countries. They are extremely strong diplomatic measures that are placed by one country upon another to try to provoke a. Embargos are diplomatic bans, as opposed to economic sanctions which are legal barriers to trade and restrictions on financial transactions.
After the War of Independence in 1898, Spain had surrendered to the United States of America for control over the affairs of Cuba, through the signing of the Treaty of Paris. As a result, the United States became actively involved in the development of Cuba. The article, “Cuban Revolution: Regional and International Impact (1959-1983)”reinforces this by stating “The United States became a surrogate mother country and thus, America became Cuba’s major trading partner by investing in the Cuban sugar industry.” Due to the fact that Spain was no longer dominant but “obsolete” over the foreign and domestic affairs of Cuba, it means that it was up to the