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2. If Trump is really serious about regime change in Cuba he should completely do away with the embargo.
Wed May 20, 2026, 09:04 PM
13 hrs ago

Many familiar with the current situation in Cuba argue that lifting the embargo would create an explosion in free trade on the island, stimulate the private sector economy to help grow an economically independent middle class, and create internal pressures for political liberalization and anti-authoritarian reforms.


However, American corporate interests oppose any political change in Cuba that does not return ownership of all their confiscated properties, and doesn't re-establish their economic and political hegemony in Cuba. They want things like they were before Castro nationalized all foreign holdings in 1960, and that's what Cuba won't accept.

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