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Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by rmanolis on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:43PM (#27814172)
Why do they need the communist party? Democracies can do far better jobs for example Norway, Sweden, Germany, Singapore etc. And if the embargo is the only problem, why then the Communist Party does not step down? It is not like they wanted to import capitalist goods like Coca Cola, iPhones, Nike etc. Communist party likes the embargo.
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by ErneX on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:53AM (#27819144)
The embargo is an excuse, Cuba has leeched from Venezuela's oil boom in the last 2 decades only to remain as poor as always, and also destroying Venezuela, leveling to the same disaster as the island. The people close to the regime are living the life of course.
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by aaomidi on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:54PM (#27814301)
All of those examples you listed rely on a the global south to keep their lifestyles going.

Embargos aren't just for "capitalist goods". "Communism" isn't against trade. There are some raw materials that a country the size of Cuba can never get without meaningful trade.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by rmanolis on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:05PM (#27814437)
Why should USA trade only raw materials, when it does not need any?
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by aaomidi on Monday July 12, 2021 @04:32PM (#27814731)
It's not the US. The US threatens to sanction any country doing business with Cuba. It also heavily limits who can do business with Cuba.

The US is a massive economic force basically pushing Cuba to adopt a political model that the US wants.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by alentist on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:42AM (#27817913)
> The US threatens to sanction any country doing business with Cuba. It also heavily limits who can do business with Cuba.

That's a lie. Cuba trades with China, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by ErneX on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:58AM (#27819167)
Yup, Spain has luxury hotels in Cuba. Hotels which by the way cubans cannot afford or are even allowed to step foot in.
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by dragonwriter on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:46AM (#27817938)
> The US threatens to sanction any country doing business with Cuba.

No, it threatens to impose legal liability on any company doing business in Cuba using expropriated property. Which is a bad enough policy that it doesn't require exaggeration.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by Turing_Machine on Monday July 12, 2021 @09:51PM (#27816963)
> The US threatens to sanction any country doing business with Cuba.

No, they don't. Canada, right next door, has a vast amount of trade with Cuba. No "threats" are in play.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by aaomidi on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @12:37AM (#27817670)
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by alentist on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:42AM (#27817920)
No, they're not.

Cuban officials say the cargo carrier of Colombia-based Avianca Airlines declined to carry the aid to Cuba because its major shareholder is a U.S.-based company subject to the trade embargo on Cuba.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by aaomidi on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @12:01PM (#27822596)
Yes. That's how threats of sanctions work.
Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by alentist on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @01:44PM (#27823837)
No. Cuba trades with China, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

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

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by hooplah on Monday July 12, 2021 @05:28PM (#27815361)
Have you spoken to any person who escaped Cuba?

I bet you haven't, because they'll all tell you they escaped because the oppressive regime, not because of poverty.

The sanctions are there for the same reasons we have sanctions against North Korea, trading with murderous regimes is condoning their actions.

Listen to the protests and the Cuban people, you may learn something.

Hint: they're chanting "freedom", not "relieve sanctions". They're protesting their government, not ours.

But please tell me more how the Cuban people are uninformed and you understand the conflict better.

Re:Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-govern... by aaomidi on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @12:02PM (#27822608)
> 6 days ago account

And yes I have. Cuba's regime is shit - the embargo is also shit.

America's argument with Cuba would work better if they weren't suffocating them.