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A comment on Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-government protests. Parent comment

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by 908B64B197 on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:35PM (#27814091)
Not at all. They are free to trade with 180+ other countries.
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Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by sudosysgen on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:50PM (#27816009)
Not in practice. US law allows for any entity that deals directly or indirectly with the product of property that was seized in the Cuban revolution to be sued : https://www.eversheds-sutherland.com/global/en/what/articles...
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Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by alentist on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:55PM (#27824004)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27816914

And yes in practice. Cuba trades with China, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cub

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Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by 908B64B197 on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:58PM (#27816072)
They are free not to trade with the US if they wish to trade with Cuba. And these clauses only cover property that was illegally stolen by the Castro regime. Selling stolen property is always a crime, no matter where.
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