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      • As a result of the complete prohibition on trade with the United States, a 2021 estimate by the Cuban government found that the embargo has cost the country close to $144 billion.
      www.wola.org/analysis/understanding-failure-of-us-cuba-embargo/
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  2. Feb 2, 2022 · A secret 1982 CIA case study, “US/OAS Sanctions Against Cuba (1962-Present),” concluded that early on the trade sanctions were “significantly damaging to Cuba’s growth and general development,” but that the embargo had failed to meet its objectives and the political costs outweighed its benefits.

  3. Jul 12, 2021 · In response, President John F. Kennedy called for a complete economic embargo in 1962, prohibiting all trade of goods and services between the U.S. and Cuba and imposing strict travel...

  4. Feb 4, 2022 · As a result of the complete prohibition on trade with the United States, a 2021 estimate by the Cuban government found that the embargo has cost the country close to $144 billion. A similar figure has been acknowledged by the United Nations.

  5. In its 2020 report to the United Nations, Cuba stated that the total cost to Cuba from the United States embargo is $144 billion since its inception. [84] United States holds $6 billion worth of financial claims against the Cuban government.

  6. Jul 16, 2021 · Although the embargo creates disincentives for other countries and companies to trade with Cuba, it does not compel them to cut economic ties with the island nation.

  7. Feb 16, 2022 · Supporters argue that the embargo is legal because the United States has the right to decide whether or not it wants to trade with another country, and the embargo is justified by Cuba’s nationalization of U.S. property without compensation.

  8. May 9, 2018 · HAVANA (Reuters) - A United Nations agency said on Tuesday an "unjust" U.S. financial and trade embargo on Cuba had cost the country's economy $130 billion over nearly six decades, coming...

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