The US president signed a law in 2000 that allows the US to trade with Cuba (or sell goods to Cuba) as long as they are agriculture or medical needs. The US is now the main supplier of agricultural goods to the island.
The cuban governement reports that the poverty levels in Cuba are not that high compare to other latin american countries, and that comunism is helping that by distributing the goods among the people. But, eventually, the island is not going to be able to keep sustaining itself and its going to need an open and free trade policy to be able to sucesed. Would the US allow for that to happend? Would the cuban government open up for free trade that would benefit the people not just those in the comunist party? Only time will tell.....
I think it is terrible how the people in Cuba have to suffer because of the trade embargo. It is sad, but even if the US would open up trade relations with Cuba, it would not benefit the people. I do not have the slightest clue how we could fix a situation like that. I think it is really depressing to see that people are suffering and there is nothing that can be done about it because neither option leads to a relief.
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