Lateefah Simon: “one of the most shortsighted policies we have anywhere is our policy toward Cuba. The reality is, we are letting a small…”

“one of the most shortsighted policies we have anywhere is our policy toward Cuba. The reality is, we are letting a small group dictate American policy because of domestic political interests. There is not a single nation in the world that doesn't believe our policy toward Cuba is counterproductive. Our aim should be to get the Government of Cuba to ameliorate their hard stands on human rights issues, and it has had the opposite effect. Certainly, if we had followed a different course, it is hard to believe the situation could be any worse than it is right now. Recently, the New York Times had an article by Larry Rohter titled, ``Latin American Nations Rebuke U.S. for the Embargo on Cuba.'' They are right in their criticism.”