American Embargo

The U.S. Embargo: A Convenient Excuse for Cuba's Own Failures

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 10.29.2009 | World


Yoani Sanchez

As I began my adolescence, the issue of trade restrictions was on nearly every billboard in the country. At the political rallies we no longer shouted, "Cuba yes, Yankees no" but a new hard-to-rhyme slogan: "Down with the blockade."