Time for a Change: Forty-Two Years of Isolation and Deprivation Since the day when President Kennedy issued the US-Cuban Trade Embargo which prevented any trade being done with Cuba either directly or indirectly it has left the island of Cuba isolated and deprived of the wealth of tourism. "The United States never remembers and Latin America never forgets," is a well-known Latin American cliché which illustrates the depth of Cuban distrust about the United States …showed first 75 words of 1480 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1480 total…Cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage, Need not be lived again.” Will the courage of facing history overthrow the embargo? After forty-two years of isolation, deprivation and failure of objectives, we continue in an economic war. The time to help the citizens of Cuba is now, the time to allow free-trade is now; the time to lift an embargo which has only further deteriorated the livelihood of the citizens of Cuba is NOW.