It gave the Castro government just what it wanted: an end to the longstanding United States policy to accepting people who escape from Cuba. The agreement specified that Castro was to. use "mainly persuasive methods" to keep people from fleeing Cuba. The United States thereby accepted moral responsibility for whatever forms of persuasion he should choose to employ. The harsh conditions now being imposed on the refugees in Guantanamoespecially the requirement that they can only apply for refugee or legal immigrant status if they first return to Castros Cubaare another victory for the Castro government. An economic embargo presents more complicated moral and practical problems. There is no question that an embargo imposes shortterm economic hardship on innocent people.
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