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A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the U.S. Senate Should Lift the Cuban Trade Embargo
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Item Title A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the U.S. Senate Should Lift the Cuban Trade Embargo
Guest Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Guest Menendez, Robert
Guest Jones, Kirby (1941-)
Guest Torricelli, Robert G.
Guest Symington, James W. (James Wadsworth) (1927-)
Guest Duran, Alfredo
Guest Perez Castellon, Ninoska
Guest Reich, Otto
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedJuly 20, 1998
Description

There presumably are Americans who want to lift the embargo on Cuba because they like Fidel Castro, but they are not represented in this debate. Instead, all the participants agree that Castro is a tyrant whom the world would be better off without; the point at issue-often heatedly-is (a) whether the embargo has any chance of bringing him down, (b) whether in hurting Castro it is hurting the Cuban people more-and, derivatively, (c) whether it hurts the United States. Mr. Duran: "You keep insisting on the embargo to punish the Castro regime. The embargo is punishing the people of Cuba. ... You are condemning to malnutrition and to sickness a whole generation of Cubans. That is an immoral policy for this country; that is an inhuman policy for this country." ... RT: "I believe that the embargo makes a very important point to the Cuban people of the lack of legitimacy of their government. The United States Government is not just some other enterprise in the world. It carries enormous moral weight."

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Place RecordedHartsville, South Carolina, United States
DimensionsDuration: 2 hrs.
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
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color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram FLS301
Record Number80040.1458
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