The lifting of the embargo on Cuba does not only have political purposes. There are social, moral and economic benefits that would arise from lifting sanctions. As a nation built around freedom, we are sanctioning people who cannot see their families and their home country because of something that happened more than 60 years ago. Lifting the embargo means lifelong tools for everyone. For the United States, this shows that we are not allowing our enemies to control who we are; The problem was Fidel Castro, not the Cuban people suffering under the embargo. We don't want our children to grow up in a world of hatred and restrictions; we want them to see the diversity and freedom that America was built on. Communication is key; we have to build bridges, no