Cuba Affirmative
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GlossaryAdvantage – see harms. Blockage - see embargo. Chang Chon Gang – The Chang Chon Gang is the name of a North Korean ship that was stopped in Panama in July. Coming from Cuba, it contained several tons of sugar and a hidden stash of weapons. The Cuban government has claimed that the recovered weapons were obsolete and were merely being sent to North Korea for repairs. Economic sanctions – Economic sanctions are actions taken by one country to inconvenience or interrupt the flow of trade into and out of another country. One example is the embargo. Embargo – an embargo is the prohibition of trade with a particular country. In this case, the US has an embargo on Cuba. Also sometimes referred to as the blockade. Hard Power – Power derived from a nation’s ability to force and coerce. For example, military force or economic sanctions. Harms – Harms are the part of the affirmative case that argues what bad things will happen if the judge doesn’t vote for the affirmative. Also referred to as advantages. Hegemony – Hegemony (pronounced Heh-gem-uh-knee) leadership or control. The United States is said to be a world hegemon because it has the most powerful military and large amounts of influence. Human Rights – unconditional rights to which all human beings are entitled to. The US considers protecting human rights to be a national interest. Inherency – Inherency is the part of the affirmative case that describes what the world without the plan looks like. Inherency should explain why there’s a problem going on and set the stage for the plan. Moral imperative – a principle that requires action. Soft Power – Power derived from a nation’s ability to persuade and attract. For example, diplomatic effectiveness, how much other countries like us. Solvency – Solvency is the part of the affirmative case that argues for why the plan solves or addresses the problems outlined in the harms. Sovereignty – sovereignty is the quality of having independent control and authority over a territory. Status quo - the world as it is (in debate we often mean a world without the plan). United Nations (UN) – an international body consisting of representatives from 193 different countries. The United Nations General Assembly has voted against the US embargo of Cuba twenty-one times. Online ResourcesHistory of Cuba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-ySzgY5X4s (7:25) Pretty generic Cuba Embargo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bLckTDbpic (5:20) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqSwa12jgdY (8:03) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHO1irI_73U - (about 9 minutes) shorter video clip that looks at the 50 plus years the embargo has been in place and gives some good stats and evidence throughout. Cuba and Culture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4vudPRHTQ&list=PL170713AA720A3C7B (14:58) Good one about the Life and Culture in Cuba – would show to give kids a sense of life in Cuba Video about the Chang Chon Gang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfoD3RKTyzg Video about the UN General Assembly resolutions condemning the embargo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTcEiCRR8-M Human Rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEX0kp0H6w (10 min) Must show – really good! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpY9s1Agbsw (2 min) great short video – goes well with the first video in this section Text of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5H-Byt1GZs (15 min) pretty good. Part 1 of a 4 part series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2QS-zTWDxo (JFK speech)
We propose the following plan: The United States federal government should end the economic embargo on Cuba.Cuba Affirmative 1AC – InherencyContention One: Inherency:Even though the United Nations has condemned it for the past twenty years, the US refuses to lift the Cuban embargo. RT, November 2012 (RT News Network, “Condemned…again: 'Genocidal' US embargo on Cuba slammed by UN for 21st year”, 11/14/12, http://rt.com/news/cuba-embargo-un-vote-635/) The UN has urged the US to lift the 52-year trade embargo with Cuba in an almost-unanimous vote. Cuba likened the blockade to “genocide” and said it was disappointed that Obama had not taken measures to lift the disputed embargo. Of the 193 members of the UN assembly, 188 voted to abolish what is widely perceived as an illegal blockade. The only two nations that got behind the US were Israel and the Pacific nation of Palau, while two countries abstained from the vote. This is the 21st year running that the UN has decried the American economic sanctions against the island nation. Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez addressed the assembly, voicing Cuban disappointment that despite Obama’s pledge to open a new chapter in Cuban-American relations on assuming office four years ago, no steps had been taken the lift the crippling embargo. "The reality is that the last four years have been characterized by the persistent tightening of …the embargo," he said. The Cuban government has calculated that since the blockade was enforced in 1960 the total financial damage to Cuba’s economy is around US$3 trillion. Rodriguez qualified the maintenance of the embargo as tantamount to “genocide” and a “massive, flagrant and systematic violation of the human rights” of the people of Cuba. He criticized America for what he called a “costly double standard” for wasting “hundreds of millions of dollars from the taxes that are paid by US citizens in the useless and illegal subversion against Cuba.” US president Barack Obama has taken measures to facilitate US travel to the island nation, but has thus far refrained from taking any further steps to lift the embargo. The US justifies its stance by saying it is waiting for signs of changes in Cuba’s political regime and improvements in the island state’s human rights record. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2012 2012 -> The Case Against the nypd’s Quota-Driven ‘Broken Windows’ Policing What Is It? 2012 -> Aa and na members Dying from Tobacco 2012 -> [Baby Crying] 01: 04 [Ching 2012 -> Unit Name / Nom de l’unité uic / ciu dates 2012 -> What We Owe Jehovah’s Witnesses 2012 -> Oceans Challenge Badge 2012 -> Canadian cycling olympians 2012 -> Greg landry, june olkowski and tom lysiak 2012 -> William goldman 2012 -> Does translocation and restocking confer any benefit to the European eel population? A review Download 366.95 Kb. Share with your friends:
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