and another hint, it was not this guy. fidel castro massively exploited the embargo for his own political benefit. castro was also able to point to the embargo as the complete explanation for every difficulty that the cuban population felt every day. though most of their problems were the result of castro s crude dictatorship and his complete ignorance of modern economics. now, remember the quiz question. it is, who said this the embargo doesn t work. it is a failed policy. if we think engagement works well with china, well, it ought to work well with cuba. obviously a lot of people say that but those words were said by a prominent republican who also said this about the embargo. i think it s become more of a crutch for castro to use to repress his people. all the problems he has he blames the american embargo. the republican who said that wasn t so prominent in 2002 when
the embargo as the complete explanation for every difficulty that the cuban population felt every day. though most of their problems were the result of castro s crude dictatorship and his kbleet ignorance of modern economics. now, remember the quiz question. it is, who said this the embargo doesn t work. it is a failed policy. if we think engagement works well with china, well, it ought to work well with obviously a lot of people say that but those words were said by a prominent republican who also said this about the embargo. i think it s become more of a crutch for castro to use to repress his people. all the problems he has he blames the american embargo. the republican who said that wasn t so prominent in 2002 when he spoke those actual words and since then, his argument has only gotten stronger because we ve had another 12 years of the embargo not working.