The US has different policy goals for different countries. The professed Cuban focus has been on democracy and human rights; it would be politically very diffic

The US has different policy goals for different countries. The professed Cuban focus has been on democracy and human rights; it would be politically very difficult for the US to justify its embargo if Cuba becomes democratic and restores Cubans' rights to vote, speak, protest, travel, etc freely. > especially in the event that a faction not favorable to the neoliberal capitalism and US geopolitical capitalism won, or seemed likely to win, in that democracy. There's no real scenario in which Cuba becomes a democratic country but retains its hostile relationship with America. Any democratic revolution is going to be supported by the US because the US wants to ensure friendly relations with the new government for its own interests (e.g., trade). Moreover, even in the extremely unlikely event that democratic Cuba is hostile toward US interests, it's even more unlikely that they would stay that way because ordinary Cubans (like all 2nd world countries) want access to the 1st world lifestyle and the elite will want access to US markets, so internal pressure will favor more open trade with the US and even if the US is run by greedy capitalists (and I think it is to a large extent) it's in their interest to lift the embargo on a democratic Cuba.