EU to lift sanctions on Cuba.... hint hint US!
Members of the European Union decided Thursday to formally lift sanctions on Cuba, a spokeswoman for EU Secretary-General Javier Solana told CNN.
Christina Gallach said the decision, made over dinner during the first day of a planned two-day summit in Brussels, Belgium, will be formally confirmed on Monday during an EU council meeting.
The diplomatic sanctions, which limited visits to the Communist island by senior EU personnel, were imposed in 2003 after concerns were raised about human rights in Cuba. The sanctions were suspended in 2005, so lifting them now could be considered a symbolic move.
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The US embargo will soon reach 50 years. Have we finally seen the light? Perhaps we should follow our previous examples with Vietnam, China, and South Africa and lift economic sanctions.
All we get is Fidel's laugh having survived Kennedy though Bush.
Isn't it time to try something new?
Comments
Posted by: charlie
Posted on: June 20, 2008 08:50 PM
I agree that we should lift the sanctions on Cuba. If Americans were free to travel to Cuba, it would have more of a political effect on the government than the current policy. Look at China. Although it is still a dictatorship, there are certainly more freedoms now than when we had trade sanctions against them. Exposure to western media and westerners have put pressure for change on the Chinese government, lifting millions out of poverty and increasing awareness for human rights among its citizenry.
The same thing would happen in Cuba.
We could at least try!
Posted by: Cuba
Posted on: August 8, 2008 10:52 AM
Lift the sanctions on Cuba and you will give no excuse to Castro or whoever else is on power in Cuba to blame the Americans for its economic failure. Cuba uses the Embargo to justify every thing that is wrong in Cuba.