It's hard to believe that 55 years ago, the United States imposed its first trade embargo, which still stands up to today. Both sides suffer from it. And the whole thing about the embargo has recently been really criticised by everyone. So the question remains – why on Earth don't you lift it? So presumably the same question appeared in the mind of the President Obama. And lately, he has announced that he wants to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. "To the Cuban people, America extends a hand of friendship ", he said. 'Since the President took office in 2009, he has taken steps to support the ability of the Cuban people to gain greater control over their own lives and determine their country's future. Now, the President is taking the next steps to renew our leadership in the Americas, end our outdated approach on Cuba, and promote more effective change that supports the Cuban people and our national security interests.'( "President Obama Delivered a Statement on Cuba." The WHITE HOUSE. 17 Dec. 2014. Web. 1 May 2015. .) It seems to me as if this would be an especially good time for a change in America's relations with Cuba and that the moment has finally come to put an end to this mess that not only economy of both countries suffers from but the real people too, and to admit that the embargo has to be lifted. .
The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba was placed after World War II by the President Eisenhower in October 1960, one year after Fidel Castro seized power. Thus, diplomatic relations were severed. It was an implicit reluctant recognition of the permanence of the Castro regime and an explicit signal of U.S displeasure with expropriation of American property and with Cuba's having become an ally of the Soviet bloc. A 1961 disaster with a name Bay of Pigs, carried out by Cuban exiles, was one of the U.S. attempts to oust Castro in the 1960s.