The Deployment Of Economic Sanctions On The International Stage

There are many countries that the United States frequently traded with who are now under a set of economic sanctions today. The sanctions were designed to restrict a country to the resources of their country and their allies until they comply with specific request. The US-Cuban sanctions were suppose was supposed to be in place until democracy and human rights were restored in Cuba. One effect of the sanction resulted in Cuban citizens only being able to purchase vehicles made before 1958. Although this is a minor effect of sanction, can you imagine if you were only able to possess a microwave that was made before 1958?

On an island far, far, away, are oppressed, poor, and hopeless people who have been under the subjugate control of a regime of communist dictators for over half a century. A body of people, who for almost 55 years, have been given the cold shoulder by one of the world’s biggest superpower and the only superpower in close proximity to their own island. The U.S. implemented sanctions on Cuba in 1960 and 1961, with President John F. Kennedy making the embargo official in 1962. The embargo was placed on Cuba during the reign of Fidel Castro because Cuba nationalized American owned Cuban oil refineries without compensation as well as instigated several national security conflicts, such as the Cuban missile crisis, which was spurred by their alliance with the Soviet Union. The issue now stands today on whether America should lift the embargo on Cuba. The lift of this embargo will affect the United States’ international diplomacy, cause an economic boost in Cuba due to the new import and export of goods with the United States. Along with a possible immigration reform for Cubans wanting to move to the United States, and Americans wanting to emigrate to Cuba. There are an incredible amount of problems for the people of Cuba, a lift of the embargo would greatly improve their quality of life. The United States should lift the embargo with the communist state of Cuba,

Supporters of the legislation believe that prohibiting foreign investment will quicken Castro’s downfall. (Close Up Foundation) Many debate on the issue of why the U.S. should or shouldn’t keep the ebargo against Cuba. These debates deal with the effects of the Embargo on Cuba’s economy, humanitarian rights and health of the people of Cuba. The embargo today places a ban on subsidiary trade, Licensing, shipping and humanitarian aid. (Close Up Foundation) In 1992, the Cuban Democracy act imposed a ban on subsidiary trade with Cuba. This ban restricted Cuba’s ability to import medicines and medical supplies from third country sources. There have also been corporate buy-outs and mergers between U.S. and European pharmaceutical companies thus adding to the number of companies permitted to do business with Cuba. Under the Cuban Democracy Act, The U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments are allowed to license individual sales of medicines and medical supplies, supposedly for humanitarian reasons to make up for the embargo’s impact on health care delivery. According to the U.S. corporate executives, the licensing provisions are so tough as to have had the opposite effect. With this statement, it is assumed that there are fewer licenses given out for humanitarian reason therefore favoring the embargo and aiding in the downfall of health in Cuba. Since 1992, the embargo has prohibited ships from loading or unloading cargo in U.S. ports for 180 days after

The Cuban embargo is a commercial, economic, and financial sanction placed by the United States over fifty years ago due to multiple tensions between the U.S. and Cuba. Known locally as “el bloqueo”, the embargo ultimately restricts Cuba’s access to medical information and supplies and places their free health care system in a difficult position financially. Cuba also still has the same repressive government it did years ago, in regards to the government are still abusing the civil and political rights of its citizens. It is the moral obligation of the United States to promote political change on the island and to attempt to undo the pain and suffering caused by the States. Thus it is proposed that the Cuban embargo be lifted because it is

Embargos are rarely ever explained to the normal citizen and when the explanation of the embargo comes down from the country leadership it is more than likely propaganda that says, “the United Nations is out to steel our land”. When the leadership of the most powerful countries are about to create an embargo on they should be force to explain to the poor farmer or worker that is barely able to make a buck. This might be enough to give pause on the harm you are causing the country that is about to get

Lightmans' general reasons are a small collection of statements that seem not to fit anywhere else in the treatise. Those in the business world will recognize that the focus here is on effective goal setting. He educates the reader on the SMART technique and details why the Cuban embargo fails to be a SMART goal. Then, looking from the other perspective, he evaluates the goal in terms of the results obtained. Now he questions since the goal has not been met, is it appropriate to continue down the same well worn path. Further to this point, he posits that for the US to advocate regime change in another nation is not an ethical goal to pursue in the first place. The section closes out by arguing that the real beneficiaries of the embargo are people and entities that the American people would never want to benefit in the first place. His list of beneficiaries includes the Castro brothers, which would shock any idealistically minded pro-embargo supporter.

The U.S. embargo is a cease-trade between the U.S. and Cuba which the U.S. put in place after the new communist government came to power, and is the root of many of the problems in Cuba today, whether directly or indirectly. "The Cuban embargo represents America's last, futile hope of…destroying the communist regime which has such a strangle hold over

On February 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed an embargo on Cuba due to their Communist threat. Recently, the 50th anniversary of this same embargo, marked the continuing relationship upheld by The United States and Cuba. The United States created the embargo, in hopes that it would pressure the Cubans into adopting their Democratic policies. This embargo has not only failed, but has detracted from it’s goal of spreading democracy in Cuba. Additionally, it has hurt the American economy, costing the United States roughly $5 billion annually in lost exports. Many have recognized that it is through free trade not isolation, that democracy can be promoted within Cuba. The exposure cultural freedoms found in free trade would lead to economic

USA Today says that there is no reason to believe that a continuation of sanctions on Cuba will hasten the regime's demise or make life better for the Cuban people. This embargo has also harmed the Cuban people and lifting it will improve their lives. This embargo, in reality, has impoverished the Cuban people. Sanctions have harmed the Cuban people without weakening Castro's grip on power and have caused economic harm to the point that it is a human rights violation. This has made it far more expensive for Cuba to produce the food for its citizens. Likewise, lifting the embargo will improve the lives of Cubans. In this situation, engagement is the best way to produce change. Sen. Jeff Flake said it is time for Congress to take the next step of weakening or even better, ending the economic embargo on Cuba. Only congress can do this. Furthermore, the economy will improve in Cuba which will help decrease many of these human rights issues. Tourism will increase in

The Cuban Embargo: An Economic Sanction that Never Achieved its Goals. Close, But No Cigar.

As economic hegemony and political and military superpower following WWII, the United States attempted to impose its will on many countries through the use of economic sanctions. There are many motivation prompting the use of sanction. First, it can be a proportional response to a challenge where the interests at stake are judged to be less than vital. Second, sanctions are a form of expression, to communicate official displeasure with a certain behavior or action . American reluctance to use military force is another motivation, especially in those instances where U.S. interests are not deemed sufficiently important to justify casualties and high financial costs. Third, the growth of congressional power helps explain the prevalence of economic

Economic rights are an integral component of human rights and the Cuban embargo in many ways violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “It bears mentioning that even economic sanctions imposed multilaterally for "security" reasons must comply with legal standards that limit the degree to which they may harm the human rights of innocent people." (Coli, 2007, p. 267) Human rights are essential to humanity and the role to guarantee these rights is a fundamental role of Cuba. However, because the embargo remains in place for 55 years for the sake of promoting human rights, Coli (2007) argues the United States has a “special legal and moral obligation” (Coli, 2007, p. 199) to ensure the human rights of Cubans on the island are protected and the embargo does not cause any further

Even though there has been a lot of progress in Cuba, the lack of import and exports of goods into Cuba has led the economy into a big distress creating a situation where the Cuban people are struggling to put a meal on the table for their families. The Cuban people recognize that the embargo is the door that has kept them shut away from having a better life. After many years of supporting a broken policy, the United States goal of bridling a democracy in Cuba will be reached much quicker by ending the embargo rather than maintaining it.

Trade embargos have tremendous consequences for countries that are being embargoed. The embargos not only affect the country that are being embargoed, but the effect bleed over the borders to the surrounding countries. The list of countries that have been sanctioned by the United Nations included Russia, North Cyprus, and Cuba. United Nations sanctions that target countries affect the economy, the morale, and encourages criminal activities to obtain goods.

Trade helps in business growth and it helps the economy of the country as the different business enterprises can learn from other businesses’ ideas and would help in the growth of the enterprises with its global competitiveness. The embargo may have been effective in the times of Cold war but in the modern times it is perceived as useless especially for the Cuban-American families and business enterprises that are looking for opportunities in Cuba.