Analysis and opinion from prominent US citizens describing impact of boycott on children and medical patients.

Points out the hypocricy of rewarding the Chinese government while starving the people of Cuba.

Miami-based organization which opposed 2004 restrictions on family visits and remittances. Articles and press releases in English and in Spanish.

Bergen County Academies student project presenting history of embargo, impacts, and opposition to it from most other countries.

Organization working to bring medicines and other necessities to Cuba while educating U.S. citizens about the terrible effects of this 40 year blockade of the island country.

Cuba wouldn't qualify as "free" by most definitions, but other nations with far worse human-rights records, including Guatemala, China, Chile, and Indonesia, are not being sanctioned by the US. Hiding behind the rhetoric of liberty in dealing with Cuba is hypocritical. The real motive is economic imperialism, not democracy.

Washington, DC-based coalition advocating for US non-interference in Cuban affairs. Lists members and action opportunities, with background information.

AAAS clearinghouse of information on scientific and academic travel between Cuba and the US, and the impact of restrictions on scientific inquiry. Includes position papers and current legislation.

The embargo was justified in 1961, by Fidel Castro's aggressive alliance with the Soviet Union. But after the collapse of the Soviet Communist system almost a decade ago, after the departure of Soviet support, and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from places such as Nicaragua and Angola, the embargo has lost its Cold War rationale.

Cuban American National Alliance speaks out against the trade embargo, which is economic warfare against the Cuban people, not Castro.

Commentary by Ian Vásquez and L. Jacobo Rodríguez, director and assistant director of the Project on Global Economic Liberty at the Cato Institute, argues against the Helms-Burton Act and the Cuban trade embargo.