Tournament: Damien | Round: 2 | Opponent: Damien PY | Judge: Buscho
Text: The United States Executive Branch should implement the necessary reforms to the Cuban embargo to allow United States companies to trade with the Cuban private sector.
US support for Cuba’s private sector ensures economic liberalization spill over to peaceful democratic transition.
Lopez-Levy 11 - Lecturer and doctoral candidate at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, analyst for the Cuban government, (Arturo, “Houses, Used Cars and Markets: Change Cubans Can Believe In,” The Havana Note; 11-9-2011; http://thehavananote.com/node/961) RGP
There is much political continuity in Raul Castro’s government
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international assistance and investment that affect Cuba’s emerging private sector.
The CP causes gradual Cuban reform and avoids politics
Perales 10 – Senior programs associate at Woodrow Wilson Center (José Raúl, WOODROW WILSON CENTER LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM, “The United States and Cuba: Implications of an Economic Relationship,” 8/2010, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/LAP_Cuba_Implications.pdf) RGP
Whether or not one agrees with the U.S. embargo against Cuba, what must be kept in mind is the fact that the embargo is there for reasons of human rights
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that can allow the federal bureaucracy to meet his stated goals regarding Cuba