U.S. Diplomatic Policy Toward Cuba

U.S. diplomatic policy toward Cuba has been generally consistent since the Cuban Revolution in 1959. However, from time to time there have been movements to improve if not normalize relations, yet the Cubans have managed through their actions to scotch such moves, however unintentionally, with actions antagonistic to U.S. interests. American foreign policy has been shaped from the first by concern at having a Communist regime so close to American shores. Some have believed that normalizing trade would be a good way to undercut the communist regime, the same view taken with reference to China, but Cuba has so far been left out of any such program because whenever the idea comes up, some act by Cuba suggests the country is not ready for normal relations, as can be seen in the period from 1961 to 1998. The film industry in Cuba exists with a number of small studios which have been utilized by Cuban filmmakers and by those countries which have dealings with Cuba. American film companies can acquire films for distribution from Cuba but cannot make use of Cuban facilities or film in Cuba at all. This is likely to be the case so long as the trade embargo continues, but at some point in the future, it is likely that American companies will be able to use Cuban studios and even create new studios in the area to take advantage of the locale and the local work force.

The existence of a Communist regime only a few hundred miles from the coast of the

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utionary government was to issue a decree which founded the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC)(Burton 124-125). There has been a history of the relations between the U.S. and Cuba in terms of film. During the Spanish-American War, American companies produced propaganda films purportedly showing scenes from the war but actually shot in the U.S. As the American film industry developed in its early years, independent companies avoided the watchful eye of the Edison Motion Picture patents Company, which tried to prevent anyone from using its technology to make a picture, by moving to Cuba for filming. Eventually, these independents found it easier to move to California. Attempts were made from time to time to establish a national Cuban film industry that could compete with entrenched foreign companies, but these efforts failed and were largely abandoned after the dawn of sound: Film production, distribution, and exhibition in Cuba became the province of American and mexican companies. From the thirties through the fifties, Cuba's major cinematic role was to furnish exotic sets, sultry sex queens, and a tropical beat for Hollywood and Mexican productions. Cuba offered an audience as well. In proportio

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