Pope asks USA to end the trade embargo on Cuba

On his final day of a three-day tour of Cuba, Pope Benedict has requested the United States to put an end to their 50-year-long trade embargo on the Caribbean country

Pope Benedict was on a three-day visit to Cuba in order to look at the economic and social situation of the country. On the third and final day of his visit, the Pope requested United States to put an end to the 50-year-old trade embargo that they had placed
on Cuba.

The Pope also urged the communist island to bring a change within them but did not pose any question marks on the ideology.

However, the Pope has clearly said that the country is in dire need of economic reforms.

Moments before his departure, the Pope’s last message was aimed at the United States.

“Cuba could build a society of broad vision, renewed and reconciled,” he said, but it was more difficult “when restrictive economic measures, imposed from outside the country, unfairly burden its people.”

Following the 1953-1959 Cuban Revolution that was aimed at dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro took control of the country.

However, due to a lot of violent scenes that erupted due to the revolution, US chose to impose an economic embargo on Cuba in 1957. The embargo happened during the resolution during which US called back its ambassador in order to weaken the authoritarian
regime of Batista.

The embargo was later lifted but after the infamous Cuban Missile Crisis, US put another trade embargo in 1963.

Fidel Castro was one of the key actors during that era and now, his brother Raul Castro is the president of a country that has struggled to increase its economic power for a long time.

The Pope also had a meeting with Fidel Castro at the Vatican Embassy in Havana. During the half-hour rendezvous, Castro requested the Pontiff to recommend a book for him to read and to reflect upon.

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