Cuba

— President holds tough stance on Cuba President Bush on Monday refused to lift the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba unless Fidel Castro first releases political prisoners, conducts independently monitored elections and accepts a list of tough new U.S. conditions. “Freedom sometimes grows step by step, and we will encourage those steps,” the president said, … Continue reading “Cuba”

— President holds tough stance on Cuba

President Bush on Monday refused to lift the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba unless Fidel Castro first releases political prisoners, conducts independently monitored elections and accepts a list of tough new U.S. conditions. “Freedom sometimes grows step by step, and we will encourage those steps,” the president said, outlining his new U.S. policy on Cuban Independence Day.

Naked pandering to Miami Cubans. Castro isn’t going along, and he doesn’t want the embargo lifted – the US is more valuable to him as a scapegoat than as a trading partner.