Yes, Cuban purchases of American food mean dollars are going out of Cuba, instead of going in — which is largely prohibited by the so-called "embargo." It's hard to see how the Castro regime benefits, unless, of course, it turns around and sells the food on the black market for a steep profit.
But there is something wrong — American farmers are being paid with money stolen from the Cuban people — or in the very least, bizarre about the United States being the island's No. 1 supplier of food.
The most absurd part is that while one American law is making it possible for American farmers to profit from sales to Cuba, another American law limits the ability of Cuban Americans in the U.S. to travel to Cuba to visit relatives or to send them money.
The priorities are skewed, indeed.
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