• speckofrust@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    I was in Cuba again this year. People there are really hurting. The streets of Havana are the emptiest of tourists I’ve ever seen them, yet the Paseo del Prado is alive with socialising Cubans every single night, persevering in the face of the soulless, shameless, compassionless behemoth next door.

    May the Cuban people prevail regardless of the governments who use them as pawns.

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        10 hours ago

        Yes, that might be true.

        In addition, the United States has been an anti-democratic force across almost all of Latin America for over a century. MANY Latin American countries have suffered through violent dictatorships that were supported by the US, all in the name of capitalist interests.

        Name any Latin American country, and there’s a good chance it has been interfered with by the US.

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          8 hours ago

          ‘interfered’ is missing a lot of the cruelty and destruction that’s taken place.

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            8 hours ago

            I definitely don’t disagree, but I tried to find a word that would apply to all of Latin America because in some cases there was actual violence committed by US citizens, while in others it was diplomatic pressure or simply a lack of action. Feel free to offer better words because I’m always open to learning more.