The continuing American embargo on Cuba after the Cold War has always been toddler tantrum level of pettiness.
I thought Obama had finally closed that chapter, but I was wrong.
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Obama had started. But Trump reversed.
Always the same map
This is the only map I can find where Israel disagrees with the US.
Why is Israel voting against itself
Ah, the cracker index chart
Less so that they disagree and more so that it would damage their propaganda potential too much
I used to believe that the Cuba embargo is due to Cuban refugee vote in Florida.
But that doesn't make sense anymore given that Florida is no longer a swing state. In fact it never really made sense since the demo that is very pro-embargo has always been solidly Republican and therefore unwinnable.
So what really explains the embargo? Quite frankly I think it's banana republic foreign policy and wealthy people in the US not wanting there to be a successful socialist state. For instance, the recent energy crisis in Cuba is driven by the Biden administration sanctioning oil tankers who visit the island. Why on earth would the supposedly pro-Cuba democrats do that? Who asked them to do that? Who had the clout to make them do that? Some losers in Florida who were going to vote for Trump in a red state anyway?
This is correct, the US takes the threat of a good example very seriously, and has meddled in every single attempt at building any state, not only communist ones, that refuse to be controlled by US capitalists.
NGL kinda shocked that the CIA wasn't involved with the Argentine junta.
EDIT: It was! Your map needs more red on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Argentine_coup_d'%C3%A9tat
"Do you know why there has never been a coup in America? Because there is no US Embassy there! "
Old joke from down here
Axis of evil.
The author needs to learn the difference between a blockade and an embargo. Cuba hasn't been under blockade since the end of the missile crisis.
It's very much a blockade in practice since it prevents the vast majority of companies of any country from trading with Cuba.
There are very few companies that would survive competition by sacrificing trade with the nearby US to trade with Cuba instead the way the "embargo" forces them to.
blockade /blŏ-kād′/ noun
The isolation of a nation, area, city, or harbor by hostile ships or forces in order to prevent the entrance and exit of traffic and commerce.
The forces used to effect this isolation.
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies.
"the blockade of the ports of an enemy"
hello how do i block a whole instance?
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