Barack Obama on Cuba Embargo

[jorgedude888]

I think it'is time to end the cuban embargo and allow a free and democratic society flourish. There is no purpose for the embargo in this century, except as a punishment for transgressions committed more than 40 years ago. its only current effect is the suffering of innocent people. Castro has learned his lesson and should make it public for the sake of the country.

[GRANDMASTERKANE]

@jorgedude888 even right-wingers like you want the embargo over, now aint that cute, but still... go fuck urself - the revolution was made "socialist" in 1961 because america tried to flex its muscles there, america is who was wrong, not cuba, they never did anything to america

[jorgedude888]

@GRANDMASTERKANE IDIOT

[0neofthem]

maybe the embargo will be lifted once castro is dead.

[luciferiexcelsil]

oh, human rights in Cuba being violated?

does he mean in Guantanamo bay?

probably the hotspot of the Cuban and Caribbean human rights violations...

democracy a human right? so why don't they boycott Saudi Arabia or China?

fucking double morals...

[xxmcneilxx]

what is your guys opinion on the embargo

[WorldCollections]

Seems like trying to solve the cuban issue is like trying to make muslims love christians. I guess the only possible change won't come from any of our liders, but from united people when desperate enough.

[PGMEagle]

Wow the US is suspose to be a free country except the gov tells you were you can and cannot go.

[NSequeira]

bullshit, he said that back then, but he hasn't done it, liar!

[Nilsje94]

Just end this crap but keep it comministic, otherwise all richs country's will buy houses and hotels, then the whole cuba idea is gone!

[RomanticoMiguel]

despues de este colapso mundial economico y finanziero ,del sistema capitalisa puedo decir casi gritando !!!!....VIVA CUBA Y LA REVOLUCION CUBANA !!..VIVA CASTRO Y EL CHE GUEVARA!!!

HERMANOS CUBANOS ::HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE!!!

 Romantico Miguel

[Bluenessloch2709]

Deberias dejar un poco tu patriotismo histerico y ponerte a estudiar un poco de español. Financiero se escribe con "c". No te enseñaron eso los comunistas?

[djtrixen]

The US enacted an embargo against Cuba because they sided with the Soviets during the Cold War. The Cold War's been over for nearly 2 decades now.

Supporters of the embargo know they'll sound stupid if they bring up the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thus they use "human rights" as their argument.

Hmm... Americans are allowed to travel to North Korea but not Cuba. We have a trade embargo against Cuba, yet China is our biggest trading partner. This clearly has NOTHING to do with human rights.

[librophile]

djtrixen...."The US enacted an embargo against Cuba BECAUSE they sided with the Soviets during the Cold War"...

Small correction needed here.

Castro sided with the Soviets AFTER the USA severed its ties with Cuba.

Why did the US severed its ties with Cuba? Because Castro seized all American Properties on Cuban soil.

Castro in need of financial help was then forced to turn to the Soviets. He accepted communism in return for that help.

It is THEN that the US EMBARGO was enacted

[AirsoftROFLROCKETS]

@djtrixen Acualy, America Has an Embargo on north korea, too

[NJG0516]

@djtrixen I agree with your last two statements (2 paragraphs), VERY TRUE!  I would like to make a clarification though: The embargo was IMPOSED on Cuba when Cuba NATIONALIZED American Corporations and DID NOT MONETARILY COMPENSATE AMERICAN CORPORATIONS, the Missle Crises came years later.

[Perky0101]

@djtrixen Well said, this is the most ridiculous blockade ever because it serves no purpose. They contradict themselves because they claim it’s about human rights. The Cubans are suffering because of this so if people are suffering its the Americans fault because they have lost billions of dollars in trade. This would transform the nation of Cuba.

[yomamasapeach]

@djtrixen China isn't the biggest partner, Canada is. But china is very close.

[BARRYCO]

The embargo has been ruled illegal by the UN for 13 years now. The only country an American cant visit is Cuba. It's a disgrace and an affront to every American and Cuban. We are hurting a decent people with this nonsense. Successive administrations, eyeing the Cuban American vote, have upheld this disgraceful embargo. As a Cuban told me last week in Havana, these people in Miami have a photo of Cuba but it isn't theirs, it is our country and our revolution.

[AirsoftROFLROCKETS]

@BARRYCO Were not allowed to go to north korea, either

[LesCrapio]

What is the problem about ending this embargo?

[HugoOlivaresMila]

se me olvido decir que las malas palabras aqui son de: cubatropical ! camarada por que no hablas de politica sin decir malas palabras, ay que ser decente tu sabe, yo soy una persona comun i corriente, como muchas en el mundo, igual tu hablas mucho como si con eso fueras a cambiar algo!

Adios!

[HugoOlivaresMila]

malas palabras - no respeto aqui parece!!!!

[mams14]

Absolutely right Obama!! The whole world knows that the pathetic, criminal, absurd and shamefull policy of the Embargo (Blockade)hasn´t, and will never work in Cuba. Most countries have voted against it in the ONU, and the US has ignored it, the UE has lifted the economical sanctions against Cuba as well as a demonstration of recognition and respect for Cuban Government. Cuba has given the world a clear answer of supporting their Revolution despite the embargo. So let´s respect them.

[HugoOlivaresMila]

Thank you so much Obama, i am a Cuban living in Sweden and i want that USA be Friend whit Cuba, we don´t need a embargo, make one of the best example to the world, END THE EMBARGO SO FAST YOU CAN PLEASE! SO USA AND CUBA CAN BE FRIENDS FOR EVER, AMEN!

[cubatropical]

Sacate la pinga de la voca y vete a trabajar idiota. Fidel is the problem, not the embargo, can you fucking see that. Why don't you blame Fidel, he is the culprit. America doesn't tell people in Cuba that they can't travel to other countries, it's Fidel, America doesn't prevent cuban people from opening a new business, it's Fidel. With or without the embargo Fidel wil continue to operate in the same manner. Stop the fucking propaganda, it's only hurting the cuban people.

[tensoh89]

Verdad que lo que eres es un ""TREMENDO IDIOTA"" deveria darte pena decir que eres Cubano con esa boca.

[cubatropical]

Mi hermano, tu estas jusgando lo que no debes jusgar, primero sacate la paja de tu ojo. Vete al punto y dime porque es que me llamas idiota.

[poiuasdqwe]

Fucking hell CUBA IS A BRABE COUNTRY THAT HAS STOOD TO THE MOST EVIL STRATEGIES FROM THE WORST PEOPLE ON THE WORLD

[Hyperion121]

Rofl.You are a genius!What a very constructive comment witout any form of argument.Next time u want to comment something about the ¨Most evil strategy¨ and ¨worst people in the world¨ read something maybe new to you..An history book about the world. ur ignorance is pityfull,what the cuban did is nothing compare to what other nation did around the world,including the US or even Canada. So please next time u wanna do propaganda, speak on fox news. Btw Stop beliving in everything and start thinking

[seanarther]

The Cuban Embargo has FAILED to provide a source of rising standards of living? Did he really say that? It sounds like he's blaming the U.S. embargo for failing to deliver a better standard of living to the Cuban people. Obama, you know what also fails to provide a rising standard of living? COMMUNISM.

[cubatropical]

He is, and the idiots that follow him like blind fools are going to end up just like the people in Cuba.

[GeniusQBN]

Obama could be the first president to actually do something for the Cuban population.

[Sweden208]

I hope embargo is over,it will not make it easier for Fidel or Raúl but for the cubans who has have a rough life. Time for changes!

Cubana 100%

[cubatropical]

To me, Obama is a street hustler, he, like most political leaders just wants power. You are telling me that lifting the embargo is a different idea, wow, and you are Cuban, if you are for Obama, you are not Cuban, you are a communist, liberal or an ignorant person. Lifting the embargo will only give Fidel, Raul and the rest of the clan more power and money, Cuba will remain under a totalitarian regime. If Fidel would have wanted changes, he would have made changes a very long time ago.

[cubano1345]

part is true, part is not the embargo is in fact a blessing for the castros, the embargo gives fidel the perfect political excuse for his failed policies and abuses. "there is no soap or toothpaste blame it on the embargo" ect.

[zeke4155]

You don't even know his policies, yet you are ready to categorize him as a street hustler. Go watch his last speech at the Cuban American National Foundation. Maybe you'll learn what he actually wants to do instead of just jumping to conclusions. Look it up. BTW, for a very conservative crowd in Miami, be surely recieved plenty of applauses for his policies.

[cubatropical]

Explain something to me if you know so much. Tell me exactly what does strong deplomacy means. YOu need to read between the lines.

[cubatropical]

Obama, the embargo has prevented Fidel from spreading communism around the world. Go home Obama, you are either naive, or you are a communist.

[zeke4155]

You go home with your disfunctional policies.

[cubatropical]

Obama is the one with the disfunctional policies. He oviously knows nothing about Fidel Castro. Fidel is a criminal, a terrorist and a master mind, he'll chew Obama, use him, then spit him out. The Cuban people will not see a penny and will not get their freedom. Obama is dangerous, he want's to be president just because he is black, not because he cares.

[zeke4155]

"He wants to be President b/c he is black"? What does his race have to do with it? Secondly, how can you judge that he doesn't care? Is it that crystal ball of yours or is it some kind of deep-seated racism telling you this? Barack could be purple for all I care. He has different ideas to unsolved problems that we have been living with for decades. It's hard to criticize his ideas when the status quo hasn't panned out. BTW, I'm Cuban. I care about this issue dearly just as you do.

[cubatropical]

Let me ask you a question genius, what is Obama going to do when the Castros refuse to negotiate any political changes in Cuba, is he going to increase the embargo. What the hell is he going to do. He doesn't have a plan, lifting the embargo is not a plan, saying that he is going to talk to the castros is not a plan. He doesn't have a prayer. He is naive, otro comemierda que solo quiere el voto Cubano.

[zeke4155]

OK, you have two choices. You can continue banging your head against the wall and do nothing as you have been for decades or you can try a different strategy. Quite frankly, I and many other cubans are tired of the same old failed policies of the past. That's fine if you don't want to do anything, but at least don't criticize others who are trying to make a difference. According to conservatives and libs alike, Reagan wasn't considered weak because he negotiated with the Soviets.

[zeke4155]

You may think we appear weak by opening lines of communication with Cuba and that by doing that we are acknowledging an illegitimate government, but let me tell you something you might not be aware of: Our relatives on the island are feeling the effects of that government, illegitimate or not. It's time to put pressure on the Castros and quit enabling them. What has Bush, 1st and 2nd, Clinton, Reagan, etc. done? Those are the comemierdas.

[14gooddaycuba]

Hopefully the US will finally takeover the island you fuckin idiot. My family is down there living in dirt.what the fuck is it with you old ass cubans thinking it's OK for our relatives to be subject to those fuckin conditions.

[cubatropical]

My family is there too, but that is their fault for putting up with Fidel and his shit. Obama is a socialist, he talks like one and walks like one. No fucking socialist is going to rule this country. Obama is not for the poor, you fucking idiot, he is for the poor in mind. Viva el capitalismo y la democracia, cojones.

[cubatropical]

Obama has no new idea, wake up. He wants to spread the wealth, that's not a new idea. Fidel wanted to spread the wealth too, the thing is that he spread it so much that no one has anything, why, because he keeps it all. If you vote for Obama you are not Cuban.