Tournament: OSSAA State | Round: 4 | Opponent: Harding Fine Arts | Judge: Landes
Tisdall ’13 (Simon, Death of Hugo Chávez brings chance of fresh start for US and Latin America, 3/5/13,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/hugo-chavez-dead-us-latin-america/print**)**
Hugo Chávez’s departure furnishes Barack Obama with an opportunity to repair US ties with Venezuela
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build confidence with Venezuela, the Castro regime’s key backer, she suggested.
Dowd ’12 (Alan, Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, "Crisis in the America’s," http://www.ascfusa.org/content_pages/view/crisisinamericas)
Focused on military operations in the Middle East, nuclear threats in Iran and North
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- There is room for only one great power in the Western Hemisphere.
Fergusson ’12 (Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference 26 Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, "The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine," http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/)
Taiwan – domestic, or foreign policy?¶ China’s goals in the region amount to
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the PRC to conclude a settlement on Taiwan, perhaps by force.
Hunkovic 9 – American Military University (Lee J., "The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America," http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf)
A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate
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in which the United States and China are the two most dominant members.
====Multiple threats to Cuba’s economy risk collapse during the current transition====
Morris ’11 (Emily, London Metropolitan University UK, FORECASTING CUBA’S ECONOMY: 2, 5, AND 20 YEARS, Presented at the international symposium "Cuba Futures: Past and Present," organized by The Cuba Project Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at The Graduate Center/CUNY, http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/bildn/cuba/cubaforecasting.pdf**)**
Risks in the short term
Political risks arise from the process of transferring leadership from the old guard to a
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within the economies of the growth leaders, China and India. 14 C
====Squo reforms are not enough – only the plan promotes a successful transition, increased economic ties are key ====
Piccone ’13 (Joseph, Brookings Institute Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy, Opening to Havana, 1/17/13, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/opening-to-havana)**
Under Raul Castro, the Cuban government has continued to undertake a number of important
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you will need to be prepared for some unhelpful criticism along the way.
Conclusion:
Current U.S. policy long ago outlived its usefulness and is counterproductive to
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Cuban government to engage constructively alongside an effort to empower the Cuban people.
====We access multiple internal links to Cuban economic recovery====
CETIM ’3 (Centre Europe Tiers Monde, independent research and political organization working at the UN, THE EFFECTS OF THE US EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA AND THE REASONS OF THE URGENT NEED TO LIFT IT, http://www.cetim.ch/oldsite/2003/03js04w4.htm)
The harmful economic effects of the embargo
From an official Cuban source, the direct economic damages caused to Cuba by the
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of raw materials (New York), of nickel, tobacco, rum.
Cuban instability collapse causes Latin American instability and terror attacks
Gorrell ’5 (Tim, Lieutenant Colonel, "CUBA: THE NEXT UNANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED STRATEGIC CRISIS?" 3/18/5, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433074)
Regardless of the succession, under the current U.S. policy, Cuba’s
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in an effort to facilitate a manageable transition to post-Castro Cuba?
That causes nuclear war and extinction
Manwaring ’5 – adjunct professor of international politics at Dickinson
(Max G., Retired U.S. Army colonel, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez
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and their associated problems endanger global security, peace, and prosperity.65