Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major power plant fails

Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by creddit on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:29AM (#41886037)

So you just made up a rationale for the embargo that's completely divorced from reality and then dunked on it? This would play great on Twitter or Reddit, you should post there as well.

The embargo doesn't exist because the US is correct in its assessment that Cuba's economic system won't succeed, an opinion shared by Cuba's largest trading partner: https://www.ft.com/content/9ca0a495-d5d9-4cc5-acf5-43f42a912...

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Re:Cuba's grid goes offline with blackout after a major powe... by gardnr on Sunday October 20, 2024 @01:22AM (#41893077)

> Respectfully, the US and its lackeys

That reads like sarcasm to me.

The embargo gets voted in every 6 months. There's huge lobby made up of bitter ex-land-owners from Cuba that now live in the USA and buy politicians.

The travesty in Cuba[1] and in Gaza[2] is directly related to the undemocratic policy in the United States where it is legal to bribe politicians.

1. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220207-cuba-marks-si...

2. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens...

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