“October 19 [2000]. At a meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce, American businessman and ICC Vice-President Richard D. McCormic, calls for an end to the US trade embargo of Cuba. ‘…embargoes don’t work,’ said McCormick. ‘They are counterproductive; they just hurt the people who are in the least position to help themselves. I think that after 38 years it is time for this embargo to be ended. Unilateral sanctions don’t work. (Mr. McCormic serves on the boards of UAL Corporation (United Airlines), Wells Fargo and Company, United Technologies Corporation, and Concept Five Technologies.)” [Con Embargo]
Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com