Thank you, Julia, for this excellent motivational piece on Cuba!

Everything you say is so true: The US embargo on Cuba has been more than a dark Goliath to the North, it has been responsible for immense suffering and loss of life for the people of Cuba for half a century.

Amazing to think that Congress and voters alike would rather keep the status quo on the political security of Florida than to save lives in Cuba.

The Miami Cuban militia will never have their way in the end. It's really quite a pathetic battle, waiting for an old man to die in the hope that one day you might get your land back, once more rule vast swathes of property and put the common folk back to work on the sugar plantations.

The Bacardi family's dream for revenge has resulted in so much misery for such a petty cause célèbre. History will one day reveal their influence in US politics and even one most notorious assassination!

Regime change is not a forte of the USA. This we are witnessing every day. The fall of the Iron Curtain brought an end to communism but the resulting anarchy in Russia today is evidence that the US model for democracy is hardly an ideal to be followed too closely!

The sweet taste of America is turning sour and we know in our guts it is not good for the world.

I do hope people with influence are moved by your excellent article. Thanks again.

Tim Perceval

Goult, France