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1AC CitesTournament: Wake Forest | Round: 2 | Opponent: Appleton East KS | Judge: Contention One is RelationsFirst is UrgencyEnergy policy solves – promotes confidence and trust in Latin America that’s key to serve US interestsLatin AmericaBenjamin-Alvarado ’10 We must act now – geopolitical pressures, easing of Cuban voters, and openness by Castro means there’s no better timeRockefeller et al. 8/14/13 (David Rockefeller, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, Julia E. Sweig, Nelson, and Michael Bustamante, "Cuba After Communism", http://www.cfr.org/cuba/cuba-after-communism/p30991-http://www.cfr.org/cuba/cuba-after-communism/p30991, 8/14/13) (JN) In January, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry opened his confirmation Absent current action, relations become unsustainable*Now is key – a. relations are going south – hemispheric institutions are deteriorating and missed opportunities have prevented sustainable relations from growing If the United States and Latin America do not make the effort now, the Scenario 2 – The HeatCuba is key to US-Latin American Relations. Specifically spills-over to global coop on warmingShifter ’12 Cuba, too, poses a significant challenge for relations between the United States and Improving the effectiveness of global coop is necessary and sufficientMACKEY and LI 07- Pacific Ecologists (Brendan Mackey and Song Li, 2007, Win the Struggle Against Global Warming, http://www.pacificecologist.org/archive/15/earth-charter.pdf-http://www.pacificecologist.org/archive/15/earth-charter.pdf**) SA Addressing the root causes of global warming will require a level of national and international It’s real and is anthropogenic—-reject negative evidenceProthero 12 ~Donald R. Prothero, Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology, 3-1-2012, "How We Know Global Warming is Real and Human Caused," Skeptic, 17.2, EBSCO~ ExtinctionFlournoy 12 – Dan Flournoy, PhD and MA from the University of Texas, Former Dean of the University College at Ohio University, Former Associate Dean at State University of New York and Case Institute of Technology, Project Manager for University/Industry Experiments for the NASA ACTS Satellite, Currently Professor of Telecommunications at Scripps College of Communications @ Ohio University, January 2012, "Solar Power Satellites," Springer Briefs in Space Development Warming magnifies all impacts and makes global conflicts inevitableGinsborg et al. 12 – Mikkel Funder, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde and Ida Peters Ginsborg - in collaboration with Nanna Callisen Bang, Denmark Institute for International Studies, 2012, "ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION EXPERIENCES FROM NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT" www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/Reports2012/RP2012-04-Addressing-climate-change_web.jpg.pdf Contention Two is OilFirst is The Cuban StruggleCuban oil dependence is unsustainable - Venezuela is going to cut Cuba off from special oil discountsKeppel. 13’. Reporter for ABC News ~Stephen, 3/06/2013,"What Chávez’s Death Means for Cuba, Venezuela and the U.S," ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/chavezs-death-means-cuba-venezuela-us/story?id=18669003~~MR-http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/chavezs-death-means-cuba-venezuela-us/story?id=186690035dMR Upon hearing news of the death of Hugo Chávez, scores of Venezuelans gathered in Venezuelan oil is key to Cuba’s economyBenjamin-Alvadaro 10 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, "Cuba’s Energy Future: Strategic Approaches to Cooperation") Sudden change from discounted oil causes economic instability in CubaLeogrande. 13’. William Leogrande is a professor in the Department of Government, School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. ~William, 4/2/2013,"The Danger of Dependence: Cuba’s Foreign Policy After Chavez," World Poltics Review, http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12840/the-danger-of-dependence-cubas-foreign-policy-after-chavez~~MR-http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/12840/the-danger-of-dependence-cubas-foreign-policy-after-chavez5dMR The Dangers of Dependency Cuba has twice experienced the pain of ruptured economic relations with Only the plan solves – It catalyzes investment that allows Cuban oil developmentBenjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, "The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special," http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf) Cuban instability gives room to democratic backsliding and terrorismGorrell 5 (Tim, Lieutenant Colonel, "CUBA: THE NEXT UNANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED STRATEGIC CRISIS?" 3/18, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433074-http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433074) Regardless of the succession, under the current U.S. policy, Cuba’s First, Latin American democracy solves environmental destructionCallejas 10 (Danny, Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, "Democracy and Environmental Quality in Latin America: A Panel System of Equations Approach, 1995-2008," November) ExtinctionTakacs 96 (David, Philosophies of Paradise, The Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., Baltimore) Second, Caribbean terrorism leads to attack on the US—-they’ll use bioweaponsBryan 1 (Anthony T. Bryan, director of the North-South Center’s Caribbean Program, 10-21-2001. CFR, Terrorism, Porous Borders, and Homeland Security: The Case for U.S.-Caribbean Cooperation, p. Terrorist acts can take place anywhere. The Caribbean is no exception. Already the ExtinctionAnders Sandberg 8, is a James Martin Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University; Jason G. Matheny, PhD candidate in Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and special consultant to the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Milan M. ?irkovi?, senior research associate at the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade and assistant professor of physics at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and Montenegro, 9/8/8, "How can we reduce the risk of human extinction?," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/how-can-we-reduce-the-risk-of-human-extinction-http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/how-can-we-reduce-the-risk-of-human-extinction The risks from anthropogenic hazards appear at present larger than those from natural ones Scenario 2 – ChinaUS-Cuban oil coop checks US-China resource war.Benjamin-Alvarado ’10 Those involved in managing the security interests of the United States need to understand the US-Sino war goes nuclear. Crisis management won’t checkLowther ’13 "Although Beijing and Washington have agreed to a range of crisis management mechanisms, This specific type of resource war escalates – causing huge death tolls.Lendman ’7 With the world’s energy supplies finite, the US heavily dependent on imports, and Deterrence gets warped – energy conflicts rapidly escalateCabral ’10 Plan sufficiently hedges US energy security.Benjamin-Alvarado ’10 In chapter 1, I spotlighted five "S" characteristics of energy security and Contention Three is SolvencyPlan TextThe United States federal government should remove its restrictions on upstream petroleum cooperation toward the Republic of Cuba.SolvencyFirst - The Secretary of the Treasury can modify the embargo to allow drilling and link non-unique to all DisadsHuddleston. 09’. Vicki Huddleston is the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Africa at the Department of Defense, visiting fellow at Brookings and co-director of the Brookings Project on U.S. Policy Toward a Cuba in Transition from 2007 to 2009 ~Vicki,"Use "Smart Power" to Help Cubans," http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2009/02/24-cuba-huddleston~~MR-http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2009/02/24-cuba-huddleston5dMR Executive authority¶ Again and again we hear that the embargo can’t be changed because Second – Plan is effective, topical, and US firms would say "yes".Benjamin-Alvarado ’10 There are numerous areas in the energy sector in which the United States and Cuba | 9/12/13 |
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