Isn't the stagnation of the Cuban economy atleast in part attributable to the US embargo? Castro himself didn't expect the US to snub him as much they did. He

Isn't the stagnation of the Cuban economy atleast in part attributable to the US embargo? Castro himself didn't expect the US to snub him as much they did. He naively thought that the US would recognize his liberation of Cuba in the same light as the US Revolutionary War. Cuba had no choice but to turn to the Soviet Union for assistance. Again, I know Castro is not a saint, and modern Cuba is not a paradise. I merely want to point out that American interests in Cuba have rarely been aligned with the interests of the majority of Cubans.