With the resignation of Fidel Castro, the United States should lift the Cuban embargo to start a renewed relationship with our island neighbor. by Kipper Mathews
(libertarian)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ron Paul today issued a statement regarding the resignation of Fidel Castro., stating that the embargo issued against Cuba, should now be lifted to improve relations with the small communist government.
"Fidel Castro was a brutish dictator who for fifty years robbed the Cuban people of their liberty. While his resignation does not mean the end of communism in Cuba, it is good to see him go." Paul said.
"Castro's departure provides America a great opportunity to reflect on the current trade embargo against our island neighbor. The policy was designed to weaken the Castro regime, but I believe it actually helped him maintain control and allowed his thugs to hold power decades longer than they would have otherwise been able."
Driving home one of his main issues of Free Trade and Foreign Policy He says "Free trade and the open exchange of information are the best tools America has to combat international tyranny. The U.S. should quickly end the Cuban trade embargo. Cuban markets would be a great place for our farmers and businesses to sell their products. And, the power of free markets would quickly push out the remaining totalitarian remnant, finally ending the Communism in the Western Hemisphere."
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Agreed. Only the people of both countries, especially the poor Cubans, were the losers to this failed socialist experiment and to poor US foreign policy.
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