Costco Connection - March 2007

INFORMEDdebate
YES
from members:

Kelly Lange

Pahoa, HI

KEN BROMAN

The Cuban populace deserves the right to incorporate free trade and to increase business opportunities with U.S. companies. It would also increase U.S. exports for agricultural commodities.

F. Stephen Hartley

North Aurora, IL

Forgiveness is something every person, organization and country should exhibit. Allow the people of Cuba to move forward globally.

Ruben Guevara

Should the

Caguas, PR

United States remove
sanctions on Cuba?

Only the people suffer the effect of political decisions imposed on the basis of what’s best for a country.

Since 1962, the United States has imposed an economic,
commercial and financial embargo on Cuba, making it one of
the most enduring embargos in modern history. The United

NO

from members:

Nations General Assembly has passed a nonbinding resolution

condemning the embargo every year since 1991, most recently

James Spykerman

Thousand Oaks, CA

on November 8, 2006.
Those who want sanctions lifted remind us the Cold War is
over and Cuba no longer poses a threat. We have normal trade
and diplomatic relations with such communist countries as
China and Vietnam, so why not with Cuba?

We live in a time when the U.S. has a multitude of global threats. Until the Castro regime is no longer in power or anti-American sentiment ceases, we should not change our stand.

Opponents recall that Cuba’s unelected leaders confiscated

Maria Rodriguez

Caguas, PR

property owned by U.S. citizens and insist sanctions should
remain in place until the Castro regime enacts democratic
reforms, respects human rights and releases roughly 300 political