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On more than 30 occasions, the United Nations Assembly has discussed the blockade against Cuba, which costs the island 5 billion dollars annually, according to some estimates. Every year the resolution is proposed and the whole world, through the vote of the absolute majority of the member countries of the United Nations General Assembly, has condemned the imperialist attitude of the United States towards Cuba.

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    373·
    10 hours ago

    Blockading Cuba has never made sense. If communism is an inferior failed system that can’t compete with the freedom of Capitalism (cue heavenly sunbeams and angel choirs) why not leave Cuba alone and let nature take its course?

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      19 minutes ago

      This is why you get conspiracy theories that it was Cuba that assassinated President Kennedy: how else can we justify such extended sanctions when all the participants are long gone

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      8 hours ago

      Noted socialist (/s) Hillary Clinton advocated for that very thing.

      The real reason behind the embargo at this point is that it makes a small but important voting bloc of Cuban expats in Florida happy.

      • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
        15·
        6 hours ago

        That’s really it. The start and end of why the embargo is even still there. It hurts both Cuba and (to a lesser extent) the United States. It benefits nobody, but there’s some loudmouth Cuban expats who want you to believe Batista didn’t have it coming.