Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year
by kgwgk on Sunday July 21, 2024 @12:49PM
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It’s funny how Monsanto is such an evil company [*] that it harms so many countries when it sells to them - and Cuba when it can’t.
[*] According to many people, I’m not talking about the parent comment.
Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year
by pixl97 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:32PM
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Two things seemingly in opposition can be true.
Re:10% of Cubans have left Cuba in the last year
by hkt on Thursday July 25, 2024 @09:02AM
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The answer here is "monsanto is a de facto monopoly" - they're essentially the only company on earth that this kind of business can be done with on any kind of scale.
A decent intro to Monsanto (now Bayer, really) that covers some elements of their monopolistic behaviour: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/home-garden/monsanto
tl;dr, there is a monopoly, and america decides if that monopoly can do business with Cuba
I don't know as much about this next part, but seeds are also harder to import. I'd hazard a guess at there not being much capacity in that market unless you're buying from Monsanto or the like, which seems not to be an option in Cuba as those (American) companies are not exempt from the embargo, unlike exporters of food and medical supplies.