The Trump administration has already cut off Cuba’s access to oil. Now it’s attempting to starve the Cuban people, targeting the country’s capacity to grow, process, and import food — unless it buys from US corporations.
    • GreenBeard@lemmy.caEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      No, this is genocide. We’ve moved from supporting genocide to engaging in it. And next it will come for dissenters.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      I think the US is just bitter. They had a thing going there; Castro ended it. Cuban government took US assets. Cuban government would later partner with the soviets, including the whole nuke thing.

      I was really hopeful the Obama policies would turn Cuba into just another Caribbean island, but here we are. I don’t know much.

      Edit: So in short, they’re really close to the US and not aligned with the US politically, which is a problem. And you might say the same about Canada or Mexico but it’s on a completely different scale.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        obama relaxed some trade embargo with cuba, and it was reversed asap by trump in his first term. the gop in florida depend on the cuban immigrant and thier children to vote R, i dont know if texas has a community, those are usally the 2 states with alot of hispanic populations.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        It’s more than that. Going soft on Cuba means losing out big on Latino voters. They, particularly Cuban immigrants/refugees, want Cuba’s government to burn.

        Basically you stand to lose Florida if you stop oppressing Cuba and it’s a pretty important swing state