Why Cuba's Dreams of Major Oil Discoveries Might Come True - US News and World Report

REPOLITIK OIL
Cuba is one of the biggest wild cards in the Western Hemisphere's energy outlook. A major oil find in Cuban waters could subvert the logic behind the U.S. embargo of Cuba, a policy that endures in part because it imposes only minor economic costs while meeting the political demands of hard-liners. "It would obliterate the domestic political excuse," says one Cuba expert. Adds another, "It could be a game changer."
(US News & World Reports)