Ten Reasons to Lift the Cuba Embargo

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Originally Posted by TheRiddick

Cuba used be live better in the days of USSR, once those huge subsidies ended with the fall of USSR Cuba basically started falling apart.

From my reading of Cold War history, the Soviets supported Castro so lavishly solely because of what he represented--a bulwark of Communism on the American enemy's doorstep. Beyond that, they considered him a major pain in the ass, who did as he damn well pleased on the support-of-world-revolution circuit.

Personally, I'd be happy if restrictions were relaxed on the purchase of some items of Cuban origin (to conveniently include cigars) from third-party sources...but that would probably have similar effects to what Klugs cited.