Before you start talking about lifting the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba, such as it is, check out these headlines from Payolibre, each of which indicates what kind of regime with which embargo opponents want to do business:
Prisoner of conscience beaten at Kilo 8 prison (For more on Juán Carlos Herrera Acosta, in English, read here.)Prison fumigated while inmates sleep (For more, in English, on Cuba's dengue epidemic, read here.)
Children used to deliver acts of repudiation in Sancti Spíritus
Opponent threatened for yelling "Down with Fidel!"
Independent librarian fired from his job
There may be good reasons for lifting the embargo, even though none go as far as to convince me, unless there is first substantial action on the Cuban side of the equation.
Such as the release of political prisoners and protections for the democratic opposition, so we don't have to read headlines like these again.
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