One, I ran his had the same sanctions for several decades. And quality of life there is fine except for the mullahs. Two, you hand the entire rest of the world. And three, so you are saying socialism cannot succeed unless it can get things from capitalist nations?
Morons.With oil, ports, over 4 times the miles of beach as California ( and more beautiful) farmland, timber, etc. Cuba should be wealthy all by itself.
The embargo was put in place after Castro confiscated or “nationalized” American assets in Cuba shortly after the triumph of the revolution - to the tune of billions of dollars.
Don’t believe a cent of this has been paid back and likely never will.