"Fidel Castro on the Jan. 26, 1959 cover of TIME magazine, shortly after he took control of Cuba" (procon).
"A mural in Havana reads, 'Down with the blockade,' referring to the fifty-year U.S. embargo" (CFR,Boylan/Corbis).
Political Propaganda
"In 1977, US President Jimmy Carter showed signs of attempting to thaw relations by opening the US Interests Section in Havana and authorizing secret talks wtih Cuba. Proponents of the embargo note that instead of reciprocating with goodwill, Castro authorized the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, in which 125,000 Cubans, including nearly 2,500 prisoners and mentally ill patients, were sent to Florida, reportedly to ease the Cuban food shortages, get rid of people who criticized his regime, and embarrass the United States which took in the refugees" (cuba-embargo, procon).
"Anti-American and anti-embargo sentiment can be seen throughout the country. Cubans are taught and reminded frequently that the United States is dangerous, corrupt, dishonest, and hypocritical. Here, government sentiment about 'El Bloqueo,' the US embargo, is on display" (worldnextdoor).
"The Embargo Act propaganda that shows the isolation of Cuban Trade and the strategic break down Cuban economy" (pages, vassar).
"Uncle Sam enveloping Cuba in the Embargo Act while the UN pleads for the lift of it for the sake of diplomacy" (yousa).
"The propoganda poster created by the Conservative American Association presents Castro as a Beast"(guardian).
"The Embargo Act vs. American aid for Cuba" (economics).
"Fidel Castro, photographed in 1964. Castro, more than any other political leader in recent memory, had the stature of a living myth in his own country" (NewYorker, Jung, 1964).
Federation for American Immigration Reform
"The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a group with one mission: to severely limit immigration into the United States. Although FAIR maintains a veneer of legitimacy that has allowed its principals to testify in Congress and lobby the federal government, this veneer hides much ugliness" (Southern Poverty Law Center).
“40,000 criminals, homosexuals, and mentally defective persons,” (splcenter).
“chaos and crime" that "crippled Florida’s tourist trade," (splcenter).
"FAIR files depiction of 'illegal aliens' coming to America," (splcenter).
"FAIR files cartoon of the stereotyping of Cuban refugees," (splcenter).
"FAIR claims that other countries see our 'inability to control our borders as a weakness to be exploited,"' (splcenter).
“Employers prefer to hire Spanish-speaking employees who can communicate with Spanish-speaking customers,” (splcenter).
"Just because it is legal does not make it right."- Christine Dahl Federal Public Defender