Cuba

                Today there are a lot of people who want to bring the boycott of Cuba to an end.  The trade embargo has been in effect since 1958.  The U.S. embargo has kept many Cubans in poverty rather than help them as the embargo was intended.  Many Cubans do not have access to new technology due to the embargo.  The embargo has also hurt many U.S. companies by costing them millions in potential exports.  The embargo was meant to bring an end to communism in the country of Cuba but this has not been the result.  The communist regime is still very much in control with no signing of letting go.  The embargo has done nothing but cost the people of Cuba and the U.S.  a great deal of opportunities.            
                I believe Ernest Hemingway would have felt the same way about the embargo with Cuba.  Hemingway was a frequent visitor to Cuba.  At times he even considered it home.  He had many friends there and enjoyed taking many fishing trips.  With this embargo in place he would not be able to travel and enjoy the place he loved so dearly.  Hemingway was not really affected by the embargo at the time he was living there.  He left Cuba in 1960 for the last time to live in Idaho.  The embargo was passed in 1958 but did not really begin being enforced until 1962.  There is no doubt that if he had continued living that Hemingway would have made several more trips to Cuba.
                The embargo has kept many people, like Hemingway, from visiting the Cuba.  Many families have been kept apart and unable to see each other because of it, which is very sad.  For two countries that are such close neighbors, it is very unfortunate that we cannot get along well enough to trade.  Hopefully future politicians will see the harm this embargo is causing and will get rid of it.  This would allow many Americans to be able to enjoy time in Havana as Hemingway once did.