[Army Air Corps]

But Cubans, while still ostensibly stuck in a time warp thanks to half a century of American embargo,...

Other countries trade with Cuba, but it is somehow the fault of the US that the country remains a backwater.

[fungoking]

“But Cubans, while still ostensibly stuck in a time warp thanks to half a century of American embargo,...”

I recently got back from my 4th mission trip to Cuba. Just as you leave the airport, so all the tourist can see it, there is a huge propaganda billboard about the embargo.

As our team discussed it our translator (A Cuban we have worked with many times and a good friend) said that the real embargo was ON the Island. He then explain how lack of freedom and the government's red tape was the real oppression.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep.