[Jubal Harshaw]

Missing from the article is the fact that the "embargo," by itself, imposes only a minor trade cost on US items exported to Cuba. There is apparently a small industry of middlemen in Latin America who make a living by buying US goods, pretending to ship them to Latin America, then diverting them to Cuba. Just to be upfront about this: I have no documentary proof, but I have met a number of people in Chile who claimed to make a living by doing this for airplane parts and industrial parts.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for the information!

MRC Special Report. "Megaphone for a Dictator: CNN's Coverage of Castro's Cuba, 1997-2002."