Time for a New Cuba Policy

Abstract

On 7 Jan 1959, the United States recognized the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. After Castro's government executed former regime members, nationalized most private businesses (many United States), and declared that Fidel Castro did not need to stand for election, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba on 3 January 1961, and subsequently imposed an economic embargo. Nearly fifty years of attempts to isolate Cuba through economic sanctions, travel restrictions, and broken diplomatic relations has not provided the results the United States policy towards Cuba aimed to achieve. It is time for the United States to pursue its national interests with regard to Cuba and implement a completely new policy in order to improve regional security and economic stability in Latin America.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518130

Entities

People

  • Lance R. Koenig

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Communist Countries
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Education
  • European Union
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Market Economy
  • National Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.