Prisoners of Diplomacy

U.S. offered a much more united front against improved relations with Cuba; Castro has probably weakened that resolve.

By all accounts, Castro’s first foreign policy goal is the elimination of the U.S. trade embargo. As rapprochement with China has prompted U.S. investment there, so would it in Cuba. “If there is one colossal disaster of the Cuban revolution, it is the economic results,” says Maidique. “At best the economy is still where it was twenty years ago. Castro needs agricultural and industrial technology.”