There are a million reasons why the trade embargo against Cuba is stupid and ineffective, and the decay of Hemingway's house may be among the less important ones, but if it helps to create awareness of just how stupid the embargo is, it's done a good job.

So let's all raise a mojito to Hemingway's house:

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2128255,00.html

I like the quote at the end:

Speaking from his office on Capitol Hill, Mr McGovern said: "The embargo is an embarrassment. It hasn't worked. We've been doing it for 50 years, and I'd like to think that if something hasn't worked after 50 years, we'd be mature enough to let it go."

There's nothing more to say.