U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose

Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by barelysapient on Thursday November 02, 2023 @06:14PM (#38121043)

This is a general pattern with the US. The communist coop in '65 illegally seized American property, illegally imprisoned Americans, and to this day the Cuban government oppresses and jails political dissidents.

American foreign policy tends to be fairly uniform this way, no?

If Iran released prisoners and held open elections, I suspect American would move to lift embargos and normalize relations. Same with Caracas, et al.

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by manuelabeledo on Thursday November 02, 2023 @06:21PM (#38121137)

It seems that the issue is socialism, then?

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by barelysapient on Thursday November 02, 2023 @06:32PM (#38121276)

It might be a role; but I think the pattern is that a strong-man government overthrows a democratically elected government. When that occurs, American sanctions follow.

To see this play out in real time, watch Niger.

https://www.state.gov/military-coup-detat-in-niger/

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by manuelabeledo on Thursday November 02, 2023 @06:53PM (#38121530)

I think this is a naive perspective, historically speaking. For starters, Cuba was a dictatorship already before Castro rose to power, but Batista was backed by the US. Around the same time, Chile's Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected socialist government with CIA's aid.

Currently, the US backs a handful of dictatorships, of which some are former democracies. Egypt may be an example of former democracy, albeit flawed, turned into a military dictatorship. And among de facto dictatorships that the US still maintain perfectly open relationships are Thailand, Myanmar, and Morocco.

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