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In reply to the discussion: HRW : CUBA [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,315 posts)26. HRW: Time to End the U.S. Embargo on Cuba
President George Bush should terminate the economic embargo on Cuba, Human Rights Watch said today. Describing the embargo as a failed policy, Human Rights Watch said that it imposes indiscriminate hardship on the Cuban people and impedes democratic change.
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"If the goal is to improve human rights conditions in Cuba, then the embargo should be ended," said José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. "The embargo has proved itself ineffective and even counterproductive to the human rights cause."
Human Rights Watch recommended that after ending the embargo the U.S. government should adopt a more calibrated policy, one that would respond to incremental changes in the Cuban government's human rights practices. "The embargo is a sledgehammer," said Vivanco. "Washington needs a smarter approach."
Human Rights Watch pointed out several serious flaws in the more than forty-year-old policy. First, it is an all-or-nothing approach aimed at overthrowing the Castro government, which does not allow for any relaxation in response to measurable improvement in Cuban human rights practices. It therefore does nothing to encourage such improvements, instead providing the Cuban authorities with a convenient justification for their repressive policies.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2002/05/16/time-end-us-embargo-cuba
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"If the goal is to improve human rights conditions in Cuba, then the embargo should be ended," said José Miguel Vivanco, Executive Director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch. "The embargo has proved itself ineffective and even counterproductive to the human rights cause."
Human Rights Watch recommended that after ending the embargo the U.S. government should adopt a more calibrated policy, one that would respond to incremental changes in the Cuban government's human rights practices. "The embargo is a sledgehammer," said Vivanco. "Washington needs a smarter approach."
Human Rights Watch pointed out several serious flaws in the more than forty-year-old policy. First, it is an all-or-nothing approach aimed at overthrowing the Castro government, which does not allow for any relaxation in response to measurable improvement in Cuban human rights practices. It therefore does nothing to encourage such improvements, instead providing the Cuban authorities with a convenient justification for their repressive policies.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2002/05/16/time-end-us-embargo-cuba
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Not to mention our own HR record. What happens to protesters HERE. See Ferguson and
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#54
The U.S. government has routinely tortured those it detains. So long as Bush and Cheney walk
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#59
The same is true of China and probably Vietnam but that doesn't stop us from working with them.
craigmatic
Dec 2014
#3
where are your posts demanding we suspend relations with dozens of other countries
CreekDog
Dec 2014
#46
Yeah, if we'd just maintained that embargo against Cuba for one more decade....
Paladin
Dec 2014
#12
Yes, it's really that overdue; that being from 2002 makes it worse
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2014
#30
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that in all probability. No one gives a shit whether
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2014
#37
Isn't there an OP you could start about some Muslim doing some fucked up shit somewhere? nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2014
#39
My point is that seems to be the sole purpose of this poster. He seems to have added commies
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2014
#55
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms...
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2014
#64
I'll do that when you point me out to people who post about nothing else but that. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Dec 2014
#66
Who else is there to reply to when trying to ignore facts being pointed out?
Violet_Crumble
Dec 2014
#62
Are you implying that normalising relations with Cuba is a bad thing?
Donald Ian Rankin
Dec 2014
#40