...what about all those countries that borrowed large amounts of money from American concerns, while those countries were under the control of despots and dictators? American loan sharks knew that the money was not being used to improve the infrastructure of the countries in question - but kept the money flowing anyways, lining the pockets of said despots, allowing them to stay in power longer.

Now in many of those countries, the debt load is crippling, the despots (and the money) is long gone, yet we expect those countries to pay back the bills that the crooks (often supported by us) ran up. Where's the Helms-Burton to help with that situation?

Face it, the Helms-Burton act is sour whine. It fails my .sig - it is a monstrous act, designed to penalize one group for one crime, while sweeping under the mat crimes committed by those who seek to enforce that law in the first place. By the time Helms worked on that bill, he had become that which he sought to fight in the first place - a monster.