Fifty-five percent of Americans said they support ending the 54-year-old trade embargo Lauren McCauley During the first family’s historic visit to Cuba on Monday, the Cuban president confronted President Barack Obama about the crippling trade embargo and called on him to “return the territory illegally occupied by Guantánamo Base.” At an afternoon press conference in … Continue reading Castro Demands Obama Drop Blockade, Return ‘Illegally Occupied’ Guantánamo