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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by BurningFrog on Saturday July 20, 2024 @05:33PM (#41020148)
Sure, but a lot of people seem to think Cuba is cut off from world trade. They're only cut off from one country.

Someone called it a "blockade" on this page.

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by spacebanana7 on Saturday July 20, 2024 @05:39PM (#41020193)
Cuba’s ability to trade with the rest of the world severely impaired by the US embargo.

Most international banks get very nervous about facilitating transactions involving Cuba and even tourists who visit Cuba can have their travel to the US restricted.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requireme...

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by mgbmtl on Saturday July 20, 2024 @05:56PM (#41020346)
Cuba rarely stamps passports to avoid those problems. They give you a piece of paper with a stamp, that you return on your way out.
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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by berdario on Saturday July 20, 2024 @05:56PM (#41020349)
At minute 12:33 in this video it explains the 180-days rule and other details:

https://youtu.be/WgWK6_AYq_o?si=5aqdt7DW-gYd7XdN

it might not be completely cut off, but the embargo is harsh, especially for an island ot only 10M people

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by incahoots on Sunday July 21, 2024 @12:42AM (#41022428)
The US embargo includes NATO members. I don’t have the source handy at the moment but it’s clear that any current trade partners with the US would be violating the embargo if they attempt read with Cuba.
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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by inhumantsar on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:22PM (#41036204)
That is not true. Canada trades with Cuba and has done so for decades.
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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by eoverride on Sunday July 21, 2024 @02:06AM (#41022800)
This is very misleading.

From Wikipedia:

”The United States has threatened to stop financial aid to other countries if they trade non-food items with Cuba.”

"While the US measures against Cuba do not amount to a blockade in a technical or formal sense, their cumulative effect is to put an economic stranglehold on the island, which not only prevents the United States intercourse but also effectively blocks commerce with other states, their citizens and companies."

”Despite the existence of the embargo, Cuba can, and does, conduct international trade with many countries, including many US allies; however, US-based companies, and companies that do business with the US, which trade in Cuba do so at the risk of US sanctions.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_...

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Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year by cmrdporcupine on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:29AM (#41025356)
My friend's father can't travel to the US anymore (including transfer flights through) because he is higher up in a nickel mining company that does a lot of business in Cuba. Bank accounts, trading accounts, wire transfers, etc.. nothing can go through the US. Ships that dock in Cuban ports can't then go on to dock in US ports. etc. etc. etc

It's a kind of blockade

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