As a push to lift the travel ban has stalled in the U.S. Congress, the economic embargo — termed blockade  by Cuba — is turning 50 years old today. The Torricelli Law of 1992 and the Helms-Burton Act of 1996 codified the embargo, putting Congress in charge of U.S. sanctions against Cuba. While the political power of pro-embargo forces has waned, as a result of the lack of threat by Cuba to U.S. national security and reforms on the island, the funds provided by anti-Castro PACs to Congressional campaigns continue to bolster inertia.">As a push to lift the travel ban has stalled in the U.S. Congress, the economic embargo — termed blockade  by Cuba — is turning 50 years old today. The Torricelli Law of 1992 and the Helms-Burton Act of 1996 codified the embargo, putting Congress in charge of U.S. sanctions against Cuba. While the political power of pro-embargo forces has waned, as a result of the lack of threat by Cuba to U.S. national security and reforms on the island, the funds provided by anti-Castro PACs to Congressional campaigns continue to bolster inertia.">

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‘El bloqueo’ turns 50 today

As a push to lift the travel ban has stalled in the U.S. Congress, the economic embargo — termed blockade  by Cuba — is turning 50 years old today.

The Torricelli Law of 1992 and the Helms-Burton Act of 1996 codified the embargo, putting Congress in charge of U.S. sanctions against Cuba. While the political power of pro-embargo forces has waned, as a result of the lack of threat by Cuba to U.S. national security and reforms on the island, the funds provided by anti-Castro PACs to Congressional campaigns continue to bolster inertia.

“Inadvertently, we make our adversaries look good,” Albert A. Fox Jr., a long-time pro-normalization lobbyist, wrote in a critical analysis last week, “because we are not organized, do not speak with one voice and do not participate in the political money game.”

In his message, Fox proposed a two-day summit for normalization activists, suggesting creation of an ad-hoc organizing committee.

President Dwight Eisenhower imposed a ban on exports to Cuba, except medical goods, on Oct. 19, 1960. In 2000, the U.S. Congress allowed limited exports of agricultural products.

Source: www.cubastandard.com/2010/10/19/el-bloqueo-turns-50-today/

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