Galveston mayor visits Cuba

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

Ah, thanks for that, Warhawk, missed it the first time I revisited this thread.

But is this really the same embargo imposed on Cuba in the course of the Cuba crisis? Just wondering, back then Cuba was cut of from all trade, esepcially russian shipping, not just US trade.

Yes, that is about it. If you are shipping nukes from Russia to Cuba, 80 miles off our shores, you pretty much done with anything and are under the glass. (as a side note, the USS Torsk was part of that picket to turn the Russian ships around). Not to mention, Cuba is Communist with a dictator. Basically on the other side of the spectrum of how the US operates.