Cuba & US Policy
• John McCain supports the Cuban people’s quest to be free and the U.S. economic embargo on the Cuban dictatorship to deny the Castro regime the resources to continue its repression.
• We should increase support for the growing human rights, dissident, and civil society movement in Cuba to promote a peaceful transition to democracy.
• We should also continue to broadcast Radio and Television Marti, and continue to work on new innovative ways to break through the regime’s information blockage.
• We reject any concessions to the Castro dictatorship until democracy is restored, and Cubans are allowed to elect their own leaders and choose their own destiny.
John McCain’s Position
The U.S. should continue to pressure the Cuban regime to release all political prisoners unconditionally and to hold free and fair elections with international supervision. Unless these conditions are met, lifting the economic embargo would only serve to strengthen the Castro dictatorship and delay Cuba’s inevitable transition to democracy. John McCain has stated that the Department of Justice should also look at the evidence on an indictment of Raul Castro and other members of the regime for the murder of U.S. citizens in international waters in 1996. John McCain also strongly favors U.S. Government funding for political prisoners and their families, human rights activists, and others seeking a peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba.
