Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The view from my neck of the U.S. woods appears a bit more complex than that Jayanand. A decent read: <http://www.cfr.org/publication/11113/uscuba_relations.html> Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 5, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > George, > The main one would be the expatriates being a 'voting block'. > Politicians > can think of nothing but the next election. This will change as the > generation that fled Cuba when Castro took over dies, and their > children > start voting as Americans, not Cubans. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:12 PM, George Lottermoser > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > >> I'm not sure one can choose between the three major reasons for >> continuing >> the embargo: >> 1) Loss of U.S. citizen's property after the revolution >> 2) Angry Cuban ex-patriots >> 3) The long in the tooth "cold war" politics >> They all work together. >> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On Apr 5, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: >> >> >>> clive.moss at gmail.com writes in part: >>> >>> >>>> Thanks - The US still has a crazy embargo on Cuba, fueled by the >>>> angry >>>> expat >>>> Cuban community in Florida. As a result, travel to Cuba from the >>>> US is >>>> tightly constrained. As a result, we could only go to Cuba >>>> legally in the >>>> context of a specific license issued by the US to a religious >>>> organization - >>>> hence the focus on the Jewish community. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Cuba is a beautiful country populated with very friendly people. >>> As a >>> Canadian I can visit Cuba whenever I'd like - and did so about >>> seven years >>> ago (no embargo here). However I believe that the US embargo is more >>> reflective of the anger of American citizens whose property was >>> nationalized >>> without compensation after Castro's revolution then ex-pat >>> Cuban's living in >>> Florida. >>> >>> >>> >>> Greg Lorenzo >>> >>> Calgary, Canada >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from >>> your inbox. >>> >>> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy? >>> ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information