Discuss “Cuban embargo puts strain on family ties”

I lost my most direct link to Cuba nearly a month ago when my grandfather died. We were not close ? I had only met him once. But something bothered me about the event nevertheless.

There was no logical reason I could put my finger on for feeling such strong emotion, for feeling my motivation for doing homework slip away and leaving me little choice but to delve into my photo album and grieve. Over the next three weeks, my grief had turned to anger.

You see, my father never went to Cuba to bury his father. His adopted country said no, you cannot go to Cuba to lay your father to rest; it would support Castro.

A handful of months before the election in 2004, Bush?s administration tightened travel restrictions to Cuba, constricting the family...