NEW YORK -- The changed political landscape in Washington offers a unique opportunity to right a wrong foreign policy decision that has been maintained for almost half a century, the embargo against Cuba.
Remarkably, it is a policy that has benefited no one except the leader who was its target: Fidel Castro. Castro's removal (either temporary or permanent) from the power scene opens the possibility of resuming a civil dialogue between Cuba and the United States.
After Castro assumed power and declared an alliance with the Soviet Union, an embargo was imposed on the island that had serious consequences on the Cuban government's capacity to provide Cubans with basic health services and good nutrition.