There are 194 other countries in the World besides the USA. There is no blockade, and I can order Cuban cigars online if I wish through a third party overseas or pick them up in Canada. Foriegn companies don't want to do business in Cuba because of the bureaucracy and because they can't pay their workers directly,.They have to go through the Cuban government who keeps most of the money. There was no mention of the nomenklatura of Communist Party members who live as well as anyone in Europe or the USA while they rule over the poverty stricken nation either.