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Cuba, the United States, and the Helms-Burton Doctrine: International Reactions
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Cuba, the United States, and the Helms-Burton Doctrine: International Reactions Hardcover - 2000

by Joaquin Roy


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With essays covering U.S. foreign policy, U.S.-Cuba relations, international relations, and international economics, this collection highlights the striking tension between America's Cuba policy and the rest of the international community.

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Offering the first full-length analysis of the Helms-Burton law, Joaquin Roy presents an incisive critical review of the background, evolution, and international consequences of this controversial legislation, enacted in 1996. He argues that the law, the dominant pillar supporting American policy in Cuba, is a codification of four decades of a U.S. embargo aimed at discouraging foreign investment and hastening the collapse of the Castro regime.

Interpreted in some quarters as a continuation of the Monroe Doctrine, the law has become the center of controversy and criticism emanating not only from the Cuban government but from much of the rest of the world on the grounds that it is a violation of international law.

Roy opens with events that have had a critical impact on the overall state of U.S.-Cuban relations, among them the tragic downing of two planes carrying Cuban exiles a few miles from Havana in February 1996, an act that seemed to shatter the possibility of any kind of rapprochement. President Clinton signed Helms-Burton into law less than three weeks later. Roy summarizes the reactions of the international community, where some observers have labeled the law "blackmail", "armed robbery", "diplomatic ambush", and worse. The book ends with commentary on recent developments, including the 1999 visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba and the worsening of repressive political measures there.

Roy examines each provision in the law in illuminating detail. Instead of causing the collapse of the Cuban government, he maintains, the law has encountered worldwide opposition and has provided Castro with a political excuse to justify his regime's economic shortcomings.

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  • Title Cuba, the United States, and the Helms-Burton Doctrine: International Reactions
  • Author Joaquin Roy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida
  • Date June 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780813017600 / 0813017602
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.27 x 6.39 x 1.06 in (23.55 x 16.23 x 2.69 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
  • Library of Congress subjects Economic sanctions, American - Cuba
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99059526
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.730

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