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U.S. Diplomacy Towards Cuba 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 United States has been a matter of special concern for the CIA from the time of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. The CIA had an operations headquarters in Miami seen by many as a state within a city because it was over, above, and outside the laws of the United States as well as of the international community. The headquarters had a permanent staff in excess of 300 Americans directed a few thousand Cuban agents in different actions, with a budget of more than $50 million a year (Blum 210). I...

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