The embargo is in place as a political football. It costs very little political capital to keep it in place. The Cuban embargo is how local politics can manifes

The embargo is in place as a political football. It costs very little political capital to keep it in place. The Cuban embargo is how local politics can manifest at an international level. There is a vocal Cuban American voting bloc that want it kept in place. Losing this bloc can have big repercussions in the nations 3rd largest state. Neither Democrats nor Republicans want to piss off this voting bloc so for the sake of keeping the party in power the embargo stays. Now Obama did try to roll back parts of the embargo in 2016. And Trump added additional constraints. in the 2020 elections just enough Cuban Americans voted for Trump over Biden to lose the FL electoral vote. While most of America agrees the embargo should end this is the reason why politicians don’t want to touch it. It’s political kryptonite.