end all trade embargos against the nation of Cuba.

There has been a trade embargo by the United States on the nation of Cuba for more than 50 years. That’s 50 years of trading very little in hopes of affecting some sort of change in the Cuban government. I do believe that in 2012, we can finally say that the Cuban Embargo has failed at its original intent, cost the united states government billions in exports, is disapproved of by other countries and the American people. It has been more than two decades since the end of the Cold War. We no longer live in constant fear of a perceived Communist threat. A 2009 CNN report stated that relaxing the embargo could create 6,000 new jobs in the U.S. and increase exports by about $365 million a year. For the past 21 years, the UN has supported a resolution to end the embargoes.