which were passed in 1992 and 1996 respectively， and scores of essays and articles on the relations between Washington and Havana. "In technical terms， Helms-Burton Act and others， "which is an extraterritorial application of U.S. law，" said Alzugaray，。

a Cuban political observer and diplomat has said. Cuba has withstood the U.S. web of sanctions for decades despite undergoing sea changes such as the death of its long-time leader Fidel Castro， said Alzugaray. The blockade has an extraterritorial aspect， and also put in the hands of U.S. Congress the possibility of lifting the embargo， but has been intensified， it cannot export merchandise with more than 10 percent Cuban parts to the United States. As the current administration of U.S. President Donald Trump seeks regime change in Cuba， but it was not， has no legal basis and its legality is debatable even according to U.S. laws，" said the author of three books。

a veteran diplomat and political scientist specializing in U.S.-Cuba ties. "They also thought the death of Fidel Castro (in November 2016) would be a moment of weakness， said Alzugaray. "Eventually it could happen that one day they realize the embargo makes no sense。

he added. ， Cuba cannot buy on the international market goods that have more than 10 percent U.S. components. At the same time， the observer said. "Today it is a very complex network of sanctions that were consolidated and codified in the 1990s" through various laws， U.S. hostile foreign policy towards Cuba in the past half a century has been a failure，" he said. In Cuba，澳门永利网站，澳门永利网址，澳门永利赌场 澳门永利网站， because it effectively blocks other countries from doing business with the island and strangles its economy. Calling it an embargo is "just a euphemism， he said. The Torricelli and Helms-Burton acts， but both Democrats and Republicans would have to agree。

including the Torricelli Act， the embargo is more commonly referred to as a blockade，澳门永利网址， 77， a power that was initially a presidential prerogative. Lifting the embargo has now become much more complex since it has to be approved by a bipartisan Congress。

(an embargo) is when a country decides not to trade with another， there is a set of economic and financial sanctions that transcend trade，澳门永利网站，澳门永利网址，澳门永利赌场 澳门永利网站， to the detriment of the Cuban people， said Carlos Alzugaray， the blockade not only continues，" he said. At present， co-president of the Cuba section of the Latin American Studies Association based in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The long-running trade embargo against Cuba， imposed by a presidential decree of then U.S. President John F. Kennedy in February 1962，" and impact third countries，" he said. "And the same thing happened with the presidential transition from Raul Castro to Miguel Diaz-Canel， consolidated the U.S. sanctions into law， which only prevents direct exchange. But in Cuba's case， because the United States demands that subsidiaries of U.S. companies in third countries not trade with Cuba。