THE HUMAN TOLL OF MISGUIDED POLICY

By Guillermo J. Grenier, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology/Chair, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University

A new rule by the U.S. Government went into effect on November 27 and it is unleashing a heavy toll on the people of Cuba. The policy will increase individual suffering and seeks to drive yet another wedge between families living on both sides of the Florida Straits.

On the eve of the Presidential Election, the U.S. Government issued a new rule regarding transfers of money from the U.S. to Cuba. The rule…