Cuba rejects US embassy's 'shameless' request for diesel
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dmix
The core demand of the US embargo has always been democratic elections in Cuba, which Cuba has always rejected. But Cuba's problems extend far beyond the embargo. Most of which could also be solved by having free elections.
moralestapia
50 years too late, but yeah.
SanjayMehta
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SilentM68
Cuba's had a complicated history. It's been 67 years since communism entered and destroyed that island. There are certain things that people don't know or are not told but perhaps a video like this (SPANISH) might help clear things up a bit more for those that don't know. I came across it a few days ago, but can't afford any tools to dub the audio into English, unfortunately but you might be able to enable subtitles:
jacquesm
Cuba's biggest problem is its neighbor that through continuous embargo and immigration blockades helps cement the regime's position.
eesmith
Vietnam is a communist country. It is a one-party, authoritarian state ruled by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Why has communism not destroyed that country?
Could it perhaps be the US embargo has been more effective at destroying that island? The US does over $150 billion in trade with Vietnam.
Your video link starts '¿Quien financió la revolución?'. Who funded the repressive dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, allowing fertile soils for the seeds of socialism to grow?
Hint: The US seems to prefer funding repressive dictatorships, so long as they support US economic and military interest over the interests of the people in their country. "Before the revolution, U.S. and other foreign investors dominated the Cuban economy, controlling 75% of arable land, 90% of essential services, and 40% of sugar production.", quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba.
"The corruption of the Government, the brutality of the police, the government's indifference to the needs of the people for education, medical care, housing, for social justice and economic justice ... is an open invitation to revolution." wrote Schlesinger, quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista .
Then the US, angry that its money maker (and playground for the rich) got taken away, decided take a moral high ground it didn't have before [1] and embargo Cuba.
Does the video address these parts of Cuba's complicated history?
[1] Fun story. I have relatives who lived in Cuba and left for Florida when Castro came to power. One was my aunt. She took a bus in the Tampa area in the early 1960s. A black person came on the bus. My aunt moved to the side to make room for the black person to sit. She was looked at funny, and the black person went to the back of the bus. Cuba under Batista didn't have American segregation laws. "Moral high ground" my ass.
The moral high ground would send oil to Cuba as humanitarian aid, as Mexico wants to do.
peterfirefly
> Why has communism not destroyed that country?
It did. The Communist takeover in the North lead to mass starvation deaths and a flood of refugees to the South. The Communist takeover in the South lead to another mass starvation and lots of hunger deaths.
I really hope that we can resolve this peacefully. The people of Cuba don't deserve to be going through this.