Free trade with Cuba

The United States has had a trade embargo against Cuba since 1962, but now it looks like it's slowly but surely being softened. From now on Cuban-Americans will be free to travel and send money to their homeland. In Cuba both people and Fidel Castro are anxious for further steps to be taken.

There was a time when communism posed a threat to the world, but that ended when Boris Yeltsin killed Soviet communism in 1991. Today it makes no sense to continue with a trade embargo against Cuba, and President Obama should use his momentum to a change of course. The blockade of Cuba should be lifted and replaced with a free exchange on all levels.

The communist dictatorship on Cuba will face growing difficulties in an environment of commercial and human interaction. People like the Women in White aren't easily intimidated any more. Dreams of a free Cuba, as expressed by Gloria Estefan in her song Cuba Libre, may be fulfilled sooner rather than later if the US rely on market forces instead of outdated embargo policies.