Much has changed in the U.S. since 1962, but in communist Cuba, nothing has changed. The U.S. has had 12 different administrations, but Cuba still has the same one: the Castro family dictatorship. That same corrupt and murderous family has done nothing since then to warrant a change in U.S. policy as it continues to oppress and enslave the Cuban people. There is no reason to lift sanctions on Cuba until there is actual change on the island.
The Center for a FREE Cuba explains:
JFK placed an Embargo on the Communist dictatorship in Cuba on this day in 1962, and why it is still needed
On February 3, 1962 President John F. Kennedy declared in Proclamation 3447 an “Embargo on All Trade with Cuba” in which it was “resolved that the present Government of Cuba is incompatible with the principles and objectives of the Inter-American system; and, in light of the subversive offensive of Sino-Soviet Communism with which the Government of Cuba is publicly aligned, urged the member states to take those steps that they may consider appropriate for their individual and collective self-defense.”
Communist official lies about the US Embargo on X
Bruno Rodriguez, the Cuban dictatorship’s Foreign Minister, this morning at 7:00am tweeted out that “62 years ago, Kennedy formalized” what he falsely called “the #GenocidalBlockade against Cuba” He called for the end of sanction on the communist dictatorship.
President Kennedy did not impose a “blockade” on February 3, 1962, but he did initiate wholesale sanctions on the communist dictatorship that he called an embargo.
It is not a surprise that the Cuban dictatorship’s foreign minister lies.
A full naval blockade was imposed on October 22, 1962 when offensive Soviet nuclear missiles placed by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev were found in Cuba. Fidel Castro did all he could to provoke a violent outcome during the Cuban Missile Crisis, unnerving the Soviets. This blockade was ended by President Kennedy a month later, on November 22, 1962.
Kennedy and Khrushchev reached a peaceful outcome, but the Castro regime continued to protest and was unhappy with their Soviet allies. Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s essay “Tactics and strategy of the Latin American Revolution (October – November 1962)” was posthumously published by the official publication Verde Olivo on October 9, 1968, and even at this date was not only Guevara’s view but the official view:
“Here is the electrifying example of a people prepared to suffer nuclear immolation so that its ashes may serve as a foundation for new societies. When an agreement was reached by which the atomic missiles were removed, without asking our people, we were not relieved or thankful for the truce; instead we denounced the move with our own voice.”
In the same essay, the dead Argentine declared: “We do assert, however, that we must follow the road of liberation even though it may cost millions of nuclear war victims.”
This dictatorship was and remains a threat to the United States, and other countries in the region. Raul Castro Ruz, Ramiro Valdes Menendez, and other ninety years olds who attempted to start World War 3 in October 1962 still run Cuba today.
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