Testimony of a Cuban Asylee in America

The oppression of the communist regime on my family started with my grandfather. With his hard work (and inheritance), he had 3 houses before 1959, but the dictatorship expropriated 1 of them without any compensation. The house that he paid for and built was given to a person who never paid a single peso for it. I also knew a …

The U.S. Embargo on Cuba

The United States embargo on Cuba is rooted in a complex history of political conflict, human rights concerns, and unresolved property claims. While it is often criticized or misunderstood as an indiscriminate blockade, the embargo is a targeted policy response to a series of actions by the Cuban government—actions that have had lasting legal and diplomatic consequences. The embargo’s origins …