for castro and a black eye for the new president john f. kennedy. 1962, kennedy extended the cuban embargo with the exception of humanitarian aid but not before purchasing 1200 cuban cigars for personal use. then came the cuban missile crisis and the united states and soviet union had a tense stand off over the weapons deployed in cuba. as part of the settlement, the u.s. agreed not to invade. but president kennedy imposed restrictions and preventing u.s. citizens from traveling there. and over the next few days, presidential support for the embargo waxed and waned. there is no fresh bread or meat on sale only goods from china and russia. the nation was a constant
uncle s skougz and at 17 he and his family were put under house arrest and threatened with death. his father and sisters were thrown in policeon. his great nephew born in the u.s. doesn t grasp the brutality his family experienced? cuba. he has no idea what we are talking about. that is important distinction in this. i did not live through what some people lived through when they were forced to flee from their homes and so that passion and that anger is not with me. and i am sort of removed from the situation. but i get to see things without emotion and in a clear perspective. and which is why younger generation cuban americans are not bothered by the prospect of a thaw of the relations.
for castro and a black eye for the new president john f. kennedy. 1962, kennedy extended the cuban embargo with the exception of humanitarian aid but not before purchasing 1200 cuban cigars for personal use. then came the cuban missile crisis and the united states and soviet union had a tense stand off over the weapons deployed in cuba. as part of the settlement, the u.s. agreed not to invade. but president kennedy imposed restrictions and preventing u.s. citizens from traveling there. and over the next few days, presidential support for the embargo waxed and waned. there is no fresh bread or meat on sale only goods from china and russia. the nation was a constant