The Helms-Burton Act: Tightening the Noose on Cuba

During the first half of the 1990s, the world observed with a combination of disdain and inertia the evolution of the prolonged US embargo against Cuba. In the aftermath of the shooting down by the Cuban Air Force of two planes belonging to the Cuban exile organization "Brothers to the Rescue&q...

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Published inGlobal dialogue (Nicosia, Cyprus) Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 75 - 84
Main Author Roy, Joaquín
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nicosia Centre for World Dialogue 01.07.2000
Subjects
Cold War
Conflict resolution
Cuba
Dictators
Economic reform
Economic sanctions
Embargo
Embargoes & blockades
Federal legislation
Foreign policy
International disputes
International relations-US
Noncitizens
Politics
Post-Cold War
Presidents
Sanctions
Trade barriers
U.S.A
United Nations
US exports
Cuba
United States > US
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Summary:During the first half of the 1990s, the world observed with a combination of disdain and inertia the evolution of the prolonged US embargo against Cuba. In the aftermath of the shooting down by the Cuban Air Force of two planes belonging to the Cuban exile organization "Brothers to the Rescue", Pres Clinton signed into law in March 1996 an act of Congress that had been debated for months in the House and the Senate. The legislation had major international repercussions. America's attempt to force economic and political change in Cuba by penalizing foreign nationals outraged allies who viewed Washington's dispute with Cuba as an exclusively bilateral quarrel. Although the law reinforcing the embargo has proven to be politically and economically ineffective, in the US domestic arena it has served to strengthen the electoral power of its main backers. World opinion has come to view the US embargo as a failure which at the same time causes suffering to the Cuban people.
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ISSN:1450-0590