U.S. officials announced a plan Monday to spend $80 million over the next two years to strengthen Cuba's struggling opposition movement as part of a series of measures aimed at ending Cuban President Fidel Castro's one-party rule. The Bush administration also pledged to tighten existing sanctions, improve efforts to break Cuba's 'information blockade' against its citizens and intensify a campaign to diplomatically isolate the country. (Seattle Times, Tuesday)
Haven't we done enough to the Cuban people already?
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The U.S. Embargo on Cuba: A Red Herring by T. Norman Van Cott