End the Cuba Trade Embargo

The Cuban trade embargo has existed since the year 1960. Since that time, more than 53 years have passed, and its stated objectives, to remove Fidel Castro and to pressure Cuba to liberalize its political and economic system, has failed. In the mean time, Cuba has ended illiteracy and provided a social safety net for its citizens, no small accomplishment for a poor island nation. But more importantly, the embargo has fostered a humanitarian crisis wherein the Cuban people have had to pay more for goods and services from other countries when those same goods and services could have been provided at a better price if provided by American companies; the embargo has separated families and the embargo has restricted the rights of Americans to travel freely and experience the rich Cuban culture.