This wikipedia enry gives a lot of detail which is missing from the comments in this thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba h

This wikipedia enry gives a lot of detail which is missing from the comments in this thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_... Like many actions taken by nation states it mostly resulted in the opposite of the intended effect. Cuba became closely aligned with the Soviet Union because of the sanctions which have been widely regarded as complete policy failure.