Obama Wrong on Latin America, Wrong on Cuba
COHA will be issuing a press release tomorrow morning chastising President Obama for not taking a decisive step to veer
away from Washington’s benighted near half-a-century trade embargo against Cuba. By refusing to take advantage of the
opportunity to reject a morally bankrupt policy based on hypocrisy, double standards, and inconsistencies, in favor of
constructive engagement, President Obama turned his back on the possibility of a U.S. policy of new beginning when it
came to Latin America. When it comes to the hemisphere Mr. Obama is sadly not the U.S. president bringing “change” that
millions of North and South Americans had hoped for. Rather, he has failed to recognize his own professed foreign policy
objective of reaching out to old foes like the Castro brothers, by exhibiting the courage and politicized wisdom
necessary to call for the termination of the embargo.
This analysis was prepared by COHA Staff
Posted 14 Sep 2009
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