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CONGRESS<br />
AND CUBA<br />
Executive orders may come and<br />
go, but only movement in the U.S.<br />
Congress can end the half-century<br />
economic embargo against the<br />
island nation 90 miles from Florida<br />
By J.P. Faber<br />
It is an old joke, but it’s one that senators and<br />
congressmen who oppose the embargo like to<br />
use. “What’s the definition of insanity?” asks Rep.<br />
Tom Emmer of Minnesota. “It’s when something<br />
doesn’t work but you try it again and again.”<br />
For the growing cadre of national legislators<br />
who want to see an end to what they call “our failed<br />
Cuba policy,” this is the first and most irrefutable<br />
argument for ending the 55 years of U.S. economic<br />
sanctions against the island nation. The policy simply<br />
hasn’t worked, they say. If anything, it has backfired.<br />
“The embargo did exactly the opposite of what<br />
it was intended to do,” says Emmer. “The embargo<br />
was enacted with the stated purpose of undermining<br />
I think we should lift [the<br />
embargo] over a period of<br />
time. I think that would be<br />
best for the Cuban people<br />
themselves… A gradual<br />
change will be in the best<br />
interest of all parties.<br />
John Boozman, Arkansas Senator<br />
50 CUBATRADE MARCH 2017
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