American Foreign Policy has many times been the invisible hand behind and entangled with the Iron triangle that controls the United States government. Foreign policy is the strategy implemented by this government toward other countries as a means of protection of economics and national interest. The Cuban foreign policy has implemented rules and guidelines to control the import and export of American products. Foreign policy is important for the American people as an objective that guides the activities and relationships of the government and its interactions with other governments such as Cuba. The development of foreign policy has been influenced by domestic considerations, in this case farming and tourism; the policies or behaviors of other governments, like socialism and human rights offenses; and plans to advance specific geopolitical designs, such as whether American relations with Cuba could nurture any democratic aspirations of the Cuban government.

American foreign policy toward Cuba has been an attempt to economically isolate the Cuban government in an effort to undermine the regime and deprive it of resources and put pressure on the Castro government to turn away from communism. Congress passed a bill in 1960, which barred Americans from trading with, investing in, or traveling to Cuba. It was congressional legislation as a foreign policy tool with the purpose of helping the Cuban people achieve freedom and a better way of life. However, the facts and opinions expressed in this article would imply that the embargo has failed in all aspects! It removed a large market for several areas of the American economy, and harmed the Cuban people setting the country back several decades in growth advancement. This legislation gave Mr. Castro justification and an excuse for the failures of a homegrown socialistic government. This was definitely the opposite intention of this policy. This article addressed several areas of concern in relation to the triangle. The issue of whether to change foreign policy and ease the embargo has been discussed in congress many times over the past several years. Each time it has been thwarted due to Cuban Americans of Florida and the New American Foundation lobbying congressmen to keep the various bills stalled in committee. Conversely, the Texas Farm Bureau, State Farm Union, and the United States Chamber of Commerce lobbyist have tried to get bills approved in order to capitalize on free trade with Cuban markets for farm products and tourism. Many dollars have been spent by both sides in efforts to convince congressmen to vote a certain way on changing the policy toward Cuba. The Texas Farm bureau has visited Cuba and laid the foundations for the exportation of farm products which would provide food for Cuban people and provide income for American farmers across the nation. With the lifting of travel and export restrictions, American and Cuban citizens would both benefit. In the last attempt made to change foreign policy toward Cuba, the bill made it as far as the Congressional Subcommittee on Agriculture. With three members of this committee elected from the state of Texas, farm lobbyist hoped to invoke some home state loyalty for easier passage out of committee. However, the bill failed to pass from committee to the floor for a vote. This has been a direct result of the opposing groups of Cuban American lobbyist efforts to keep any money from being sent to the Castro government. Even though Americans are prohibited from investing in Cuban markets, the Cuban people who have immigrated to this country and others make up the Human rights groups in southern Florida and have still been able to send money to families still living in Cuba. These citizens have been very vocal and have turned out in large numbers to vote. Because of this fact elected politicians have been pressured to keep a strict policy against trade with Castro’s government in order to get electoral support. This has been a direct association between special interest groups, the Treasury Department, and congress. Also, as an ironic twist of the policy to ban Americans from visiting Cuba for purpose of tourism, many of these same Cuban Americans go back to Cuba each year to visit families and return to this country without restrictions. This has been a direct result of influence between the Bureaucracy of the Treasury Department and the special interest groups through lowered regulations and special favors. Human rights violations still rampant in Cuba have provided a hot topic for activists who have sought to stall any legislative efforts to update the Cuban trade policy. An unexpected special interest group in this article is the United States Chamber of Commerce. Typically viewed as an association concerned with American Companies’ business policies and integrity; this group has also been heavily involved in changing the foreign policy with Cuba in order to allow both farmers and tourism companies to profit from more open markets. Since pressure has been building toward members of Congress for a new Cuban policy, the Chamber has put forth great effort to show removing the ban on Cuba would be in America’s best national interest especially in a down economy. As these pro-trade groups join together, many have put forth the idea that influence through monetary gain might nurture Cuban democratic aspirations. These groups have already found out Cuban people like American products. Cuba has purchased millions of dollars of Texas Rice in past years, but afterward, the Treasury Department put formidable road blocks in the way of trade through implementation of stringent financing restrictions that were part of the embargo regulations passed through congress decades ago. This article validates several reasons why it is so important for the American people to understand the Foreign policy. The policies put in place by the United States congress have had serious implications on specific areas of the economy as well as national interests.