[shaggy eel]

ending the embargo on Cuba would be the quickest way to end communism there.

,,, exactly. Castro's importance has been maintained by the US stance on him. Capitalism would steamroll him if the US dropped the embargo.

[gd124]

And it does seem rather silly that Cuba is embargoed, while China, compared to which Cuba is a paradise in terms of human rights, has most favored nation status.