The Biden Administration's approach to Cuba has been criticized for its hybrid policy of relaxing some sanctions while maintaining others, leading to a counterproductive impact on foreign policy. US sanctions are significantly affecting life in Cuba, with experts highlighting the challenges of bankrupting the government without harming the population. The role of US domestic politics in shaping Cuba policy has been emphasized, with concerns raised about the negative effects on realist national interests.
NEW @WMLeoGrande : How US presidential elections always get in the way of common sense US-Cuba policy. https://t.co/DX8XjhlcoT
"For me, U.S. sanctions are the biggest issue for Cubans’ lives and for the Cuban economy," Belly of the Beast reporter @LizOlivaFdez tells @jacobin in an interview discussing our new documentaries UPHILL ON THE HILL and HARDLINER ON THE HUDSON. https://t.co/pkgt2pIbRf
"For me, U.S. sanctions are the biggest issue for Cubans’ lives and for the Cuban economy," Belly of the Beast reporter @LizOlivaFdez tells Jacobin in an interview discussing our new documentaries UPHILL ON THE HILL and HARDLINER ON THE HUDSON. https://t.co/pkgt2pIbRf
US domestic politics lead to bad Cuba policy, says @WMLeoGrande. https://t.co/DX8XjhlcoT
NEW @WMLeoGrande : The Biden administration’s watchword has been to be “tough on the regime” while “supporting the Cuban people” — as if it were possible to bankrupt the government without immiserating the population. https://t.co/DX8XjhkEzl
US sanctions are shaping every facet of life in Cuba today. We talked to Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández about two new documentaries exploring the roots of these destructive policies and what can be done to challenge them. https://t.co/hdpM7gHGbT
"Cuba plays an outsize role in US politics, but it would be better for realist national interests to guide policy," starting by acknowledging that hostility is not going to depose the govt — something self-evident after 65 years of trying in vain. https://t.co/MVl8kYcIHP
NEW @WMLeoGrande : When it comes to #Cuba, "Biden has responded with a bizarre hybrid policy, relaxing some of Trump’s sanctions but leaving most in place—an impossible compromise between Obama’s policy of coexistence and Trump’s policy of regime change." https://t.co/DX8XjhlcoT
Policy towards Cuba has become a domestic political football. The effects on our foreign policy are counter-productive. https://t.co/DX8XjhkEzl
In election years, sitting presidents have frequently tightened sanctions on Cuba or backed away from diplomatic engagement to boost their party’s electoral prospects, says @WMLeoGrande. https://t.co/DX8XjhlcoT
A few months ago, I directly asked Eric Jacobstein, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, whether the Biden Administration would open the U.S. banking system to the supposedly independent Cuban “Mipymes.” Hear what he had to tell me here👇 https://t.co/K0LeXGdi9p