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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. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. May 26, 2024 · A 2015 study by the U.S. International Trade Commission estimated that lifting the embargo could increase U.S. exports to Cuba by $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion annually, while Cuban exports to the United States could reach $365 million to $428 million per year.

  6. 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.

  7. May 9, 2018 · 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 (96.05 billion pounds) over nearly six decades,...

  8. Feb 16, 2022 · Why does Cuba call it a “blockade” rather than an embargo? The Cuban government calls the embargo a blockade (el bloqueo) because its extraterritorial provisions restrict Cuban commerce with other countries. The United States tried to make the embargo multilateral from the beginning.

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