Failure to engage Cuba threatens economic collapse.
Ashby, Senior Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 2013 (Ashby, "Preserving Stabilty in Cuba after Normalizing Relations with the United States - The Importance of Trading with State-Owned Enterprises," Council on Hemispheric Affairs, March 29, Online:www.coha.org/preserving-stability-in-cuba-timothy-ashby/)
Cuban instability causes Latin American instability
Rochlin 94 (James,. Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College. “Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America,” p. 130-131)
Relations Advantage
Lifting the embargo would normalize relations with Cuba
Normalized relations with Cuba are key to broader Latin American relations
Perez 10 (David A. Perez, J.D. Yale Law School. Working with Koh former Dean of Yale Law and Legal Advisor to the State Department, “America's Cuba Policy: The Way Forward: A Policy Recommendation for the U.S. State Department”, Spring, 2010, Harvard Latino Law Review, 13 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 187
Latin American relations are on the brink – the US must act now
Tournament 1:
Cuban Embargo Aff
Plan: The United States Federal Government should lift the Cuban Embargo
Advantage 1: Economy
The United States maintains an embargo that bars nearly all economic activity with Cuba
Guzmán, Emmy award winning journalist, 2013(Sandra, “Jay-Z and Beyoncé's trip to Cuba isn't the problem, the embargo is,” CNN, May 8, Online: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/07/opinion/guzman-beyonce-jay-z-cuba/index.html)
Failure to engage Cuba threatens economic collapse.
Ashby, Senior Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 2013(Ashby, "Preserving Stabilty in Cuba after Normalizing Relations with the United States - The Importance of Trading with State-Owned Enterprises," Council on Hemispheric Affairs, March 29, Online:www.coha.org/preserving-stability-in-cuba-timothy-ashby/)
Cuban instability causes Latin American instability
Gorrell 5 (Tim, Lieutenant Colonel, “CUBA: THE NEXT UNANTICIPATED ANTICIPATED STRATEGIC CRISIS?” 3/18, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA433074Latin American instability promotes terrorism, human rights violence, and regional escalation.
Manwaring, adjunct professor of international politics at Dickinson, 2005(Max, “Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Bolivarian Socialism, and Asymmetric Warfare,” October, Online: http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub628.pdf)
That causes global war
Rochlin 94 (James,. Professor of Political Science at Okanagan University College. “Discovering the Americas: the evolution of Canadian foreign policy towards Latin America,” p. 130-131)Relations Advantage
Lifting the embargo would normalize relations with Cuba
Tisdall 13 (Simon Tisdall, staff writer Guardian, 5 March 2013, “Death of Hugo Chávez brings chance of fresh start for US and Latin America”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/05/hugo-chavez-dead-us-latin-america/printNo offense – the embargo has repeatedly failed to liberalize Cuban governance and solidifies support for regime hardliners
Bandow 12 (Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to former US president Ronald Reagan. December 11, 2012, “Time to End the Cuba Embargo”, http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/time-end-cuba-embargoSteps have been taken, but only lifting the embargo is key
Creamer 11 (Robert Creamer, political organizer and strategist for four decades, 1/18/11, “Changes in U.S. Cuba Policy Good First Step -- But It's Time to Normalize Relations”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/changes-in-us-cuba-policy_b_810161.htmlNormalized relations with Cuba are key to broader Latin American relations
Perez 10 (David A. Perez, J.D. Yale Law School. Working with Koh former Dean of Yale Law and Legal Advisor to the State Department, “America's Cuba Policy: The Way Forward: A Policy Recommendation for the U.S. State Department”, Spring, 2010, Harvard Latino Law Review, 13 Harv. Latino L. Rev. 187Latin American relations are on the brink – the US must act now
Shifter 12 [Michael Shifter, President of Inter-American Dialogue, “Remaking the Relationship: The United States and Latin America,” April, IAD Policy Report, http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/IAD2012PolicyReportFINAL.pdf]Hemispheric relations is key to solving organized crime
Brookings 8 (The Brookings Institution. November. Rethinking. U.S.–Latin American Relations: A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1124_latin_america_partnership.aspx)We’re at the tipping point – stopping Latin American drug trade is key to cutting off Global supply chains
Baker 8 (Roger, "The Big Business of Organized Crime in Mexico," Stratfor, February 13,http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/big_business_organized_crime_mexico)Organized crime makes nuclear and CBW warfare inevitable – outweighs the risk of state-state warfare
CSIS 9 (CEnter for Strategic and International Studies, "Revolution 6 - Conflict," Global Strategy Institute," gsi.csis.org/index.php?Itemid=59&id=30&option=com_content&task=view)U.S. leadership prevents great power wars.
Khalilzad, former US ambassador to the UN, 2011(Zalmay, “The Economy and National Security,” February 8, Online: http://www.conservativesforamerica.com/national-review/the-economy-and-national-security]