So we've been pursuing a failed policy for ~65 years?  Why didn't trump fix this when he first made america great again back in 2016?

Kurt. Imagine yourself in the Caribbean. Shaking your hips. To a let's say, Bob Marley tune..

Yep, also since Castro ... or at the very least since the missile crisis, which was 1961 ish ...

We have many good reasons for giving Cuba a hard time.  Troops in Africa.  When he emptied his prisons and sent a flotilla our way. Che, etc ...

I want to stay on the point I was making.

This is the lead paragraph from a Council on Foreign Relations analysis published today:

Since January, the Donald Trump administration has severely limited oil shipments to Cuba, a decision which has sparked fuel shortages, sharp price increases, and prolonged power outages—the country has already experienced three nationwide blackouts in March. Cuba’s recent economic and energy crises stem from a combination of long-standing structural challenges and policy decisions, including underinvestment in the energy sector, but Trump’s hard-line policies and economic sanctions have exacerbated these difficulties since he returned to office in 2025.