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Observation I. Inherency -- The Cuban Embargo is an Unacceptable Relic of the Cold War
Lesser, 10 Financial Director at the George Washington Pre-Law Student Association,
(Max, November 9th 2010, Penn Political Review, “The End of the Embargo Era,” http://pennpoliticalreview.org/2010/11/the-end-of-the-embargo-era/, accessed 7/12/13, AS)
It has now been five long decades since the American embargo on Cuba was first
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rising has taken place. Clearly, the formula must be recalculated.
Thus the Plan: The United States federal government should end its embargo against Cuba.
Advantage 1 - Economic Prosperity and Democracy
-- Cuba wants to build its tourism sector
Hispanically Speaking News 13( Hispanically Speaking News, Cuban Economy is Dependent on Growing Tourism Sector, Friday, May 10, 2013 5:33, http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/05/cuban-economy-is-dependent-on-growing-tourism-sector-2642852.html)
Cash-strapped Cuba is looking to further boost its long-vital tourism sector
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retains the dilapidated look it had at the turn of the 20th century.
Cuba is the only country in the world the U.S. government restricts its own citizens from visiting. Americans can go to Burma, Iran, even North Korea if those places give them a visa.
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-- Tourism will help out the Cuban economy
Federico-O’Murchu 04(Sean Federico-O’Murchu- seán Federico-O'Murchú has worked at NBC News.com/msnbc.com since 2000. He manages the home page (Cover) of the site. He's been a journalist for more than 25 years, working previously at Agence-France Presse, Bridge Financial News, The New York Post and a number of Irish and Irish-American publications., updated 10/11/2004 1:25:22 PM ET, Cuba bets heavily on tourism to lift economy But lack of American visitors likely to cap potential)
For all the upheaval, Cuba is barreling ahead with tourism development. Tourism Vice
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neither has indicated any willingness to allow American tourists discover Cuba for themselves.
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-- Americans will Visit and Invest in Cuba
Global travel industry news 09(Global travel industry news, Sep 18, 2009 , CUBA EMBARGO AND TOURISM, Is Cuba Ready for U.S. Tourists?, http://www.eturbonews.com/11774/cuba-ready-us-tourists)
At first glance, Cuba's business potential looks as pretty as its postcards: A
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, but it can't pay for the infrastructure until it gets the investors."
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-- Cuba wants the embargo lifted -- it would help both economies and the US Image
Franks 12 (Jeff Franks 9/20/13 “Cuba says ending US embargo would help both countries” http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/20/us-cuba-usa-embargo-idUSBRE88J15G20120920)
The embargo, fully in place since 1962, has done $108 billion in
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the situation in which American companies cannot compete in Cuba," he said.
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-- The Embargo is Stopping the Spread of Democracy
Rangel 07(http://votesmart.org/public-statement/230104/#.UjGXvsaThkk, Lifting The Embargo- - The Best Way To Promote Democracy In Cuba, By: Charlie Rangel, Date: Feb. 8, 2007 , Location: Washington, DC, General Counsel, National Advisory Commission on Selective Service, 1966, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern, District of New York, 1961, United States Army, Korea, 1948-1952 ,Legal Counsel, New York City Housing and, Redevelopment Board, Attorney)?
Mr. RANGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to point out the Bush
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advance U.S. interest in establishing an economic relationship with Cuba.
I have long opposed U.S. policy towards Fidel Castro and Cuba
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the Cuban coast with China in conjunction with India, Norway and Spain.
It is evident that continuing the current course and making threats about what kind
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a bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba and for other purposes.
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-- Lifting the Embargo Would Solve Atrocities in Cuba
Amash 12 --- (Brandon Amash is a writer at the Prospect Journal, “Evaluating the Cuban Embargo,” July 23, 2012, Prospect Journal, http://prospectjournal.org/2012/07/23/evaluating-the-cuban-embargo/)
Although America’s previous policies of intervention, use of force and economic sanctions have all
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. A fresh policy of engagement towards Cuba has been delayed long enough.
§ 4.1: Reopening diplomatic relations with Cuba will decrease the chances of
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door for democratization and human rights improvements from within the Cuban state itself.
§ 4.2: With diplomatic relations in place, the United States may
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growth, Cuban society will eventually push for greater protection of human rights.
§ 4.3: Lifting economic sanctions will improve economic growth in Cuba,
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state, and thus promoting greater freedom of expression, opinion and dissent.
§ 4.4: A policy of engagement will be a long-term
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and promote democracy, and thus give greater attention to human rights violations.
Advantage 2 – Human Rights in Cuba
-- Status Quo Cuban Embargo Policies Violate Basic Human Rights
Amnesty International Publications, 2007 part of the UN Amnesty International, “THE US EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA” http://www.amnesty.org/es/library/asset/AMR25/007/2009/es/51469f8b-73f8-47a2-a5bd-f839adf50488/amr250072009eng.pdf MN
For the past 14 years, the UN Secretary-General has documented the negative impact of the
US embargo on Cuba. In her last report to the Human Rights Council,
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suffering of the Cuban people and increase the violation of their human rights”.
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-- The Cuban Embargo Imposes Suffering and Destroys the Moral Integrity of Innocent People – It’s a Systemic Impact
Rémy Herrera, 10/11/03, economist, is a CNRS researcher (Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, National Centre for Scientific Research) at the University of Paris, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 38, No. 41 (Oct. 11-17, 2003), pp. 4310-4311, “US Embargo against Cuba: Urgent Need to Lift It”, http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/4414129.pdf?acceptTC=true MN
The US embargo against Cuba is condemned by an ever larger and by now overwhelming
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such as food, medicines or medical equipment and exchanges of scientific information.
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-- Structural Violence Outweighs International Threats like War and Terrorism.
Mueller and Mueller 99, Senior Fellow at Cato Institute and Assistant Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell Airforce Base, 1999
(John and Karl, “Sanctions of Mass Destruction,” Foreign Affairs, May/June, pages 43-53, ProQuest)
THE DANGERS posed by chemical and biological weapons, like those from rogue states and
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be devastated, as happened in Haiti in 1991 and Serbia in 1992.