"I'll still take the USA any day"

And as an American I'd expect you to. But that's not what the argument is about, it's about whether the USA has the right to impose its wishes on a small neighbour.

I know that if I was a Cuban I'd take Cuba anyday, for one simple reason. Nothing can weigh in the balance against those infant mortality figure. Can anyone seriously think that they can - if it was their child?

If I had to trade the life of my children against greater prosperity and less red tape, I'd choose the life of my children.