Foreign Relations

Havana Cathedral (Minutes from where my house use to be when I lived in Habana) This is a huge turist place.

Foreign Relations in Cuba

Fidel Castro had it made when the Soviet Union was comunist.  Ever since the cold ward ended, Cuba has strugled to find countries to trade with and be friendly with and now finds itself isolated.  Right now, there are not that many that want to or can trade with Cuba.  Among the countries that trade with Cuba currently we find Spain.  "Cuba imports more goods from Spain (almost 13% of total imports) than from any other country" (infoplease.com).  Spain decided not to press the cuban government for improvement of the human rights in the island.  And of course Cuba has relations with North Korea, Iran and Venezuela among others with similiar political systems (basicaly countries that violate human righst as well, or have totalitariam governments). 
The trade embargo imposed by the United States does not make its easier for Cuba to find new trade partners, and ever since it was passed into law in 1992 and strengthened by Bill Clinton in 1999 it is even harder now for Cuba to have trade relations with any country in the world that cares to also trade with the United States.
The embargo is suppossed to press for a more democratic Cuba, but my question now days is Who is the embargo really hurting?  The people in the government in Cuba seem to be doing fine.  But how is the people, the everyday people really doing in Cuba.  Is it effective, is it accomplishing the original purpose?  I am not too sure, the human right violations in Cuba are increasing, not decreasing and the people are starving to death and the government is blaming it all in the embargo impossed by the US.