The law that drives cigar lovers crazy brings us this week’s Marketplace Money Buzzword: Foreign Assistance Act
Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act in 1961. It defines which countries can receive US non-military aid.
Cuba didn’t make the cut. In fact, the law began the American trade embargo of our Communist island neighbor.
In 2004, the U.N. issued a resolution opposing the embargo. Not that it made Cohibas any easier to come by in the States.
When Fidel Castro fell ill this week, many hoped it’d signal a political change in Cuba.
And that the embargo might therefore go up in smoke.
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