1959 was the date when a Cuban militant trained by the United States, took control of Cuba. His name was Fidel Castro, and he declared Cuba to be a Marxist-Leninist state, which is another term for a communist state(C.P.F. 1). He issued anti-American policies which included the expropriation of American's property in Cuba, and becoming allies with the Soviet Union(C.P.F. 1). In October of 1960, an Embargo on Cuba was issued by President Eisenhower. In 1961, the Americans lead an assault known as "The Bay of Pigs" to assassinate Castro from power, which turned out to be one of America's biggest failures in history. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy made it illegal for Americans to travel to Cuba. The Cuban Assets Control Regulations were brought in to affect on July 8, 1963 under the Trading With the Enemy Act( U.D.O.T. 1). This was put in to affect to deprive Cuba from any U.S. Dollars. These events that took place over four years led to years of turmoil between the U.S. and Cuba.
             Is it right to put these economic sanctions on Cuba? We are just hurting the people when we do this; but then again, if we do take the sanctions off, we are approving of Castro's form of government. According to President George W. Bush, every dollar that we give to Cuba just goes to help line Castro's pocket(W.F. 2).
             Cuba's main source of income is from tourism. The people of Cuba could not survive without it. Before the embargo, America was Cuba's biggest financial support in tourism. The embargo has lead to starvation, and a poor quality of life for most Cubans. One of the American government's supports is that when visitors go there, they are kept in tourist areas they never get to see what really goes on. That is completely false. Tourists get to stay wherever they would like. There are hotels all over Cuba to choose from. If America ends the embargo, will Cuba stay in this poverty forever, or is it C...