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minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·22 days agoCome on Biden, they are just off the coast lift the embargo, Castro is dead.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 days agoThe collapse is the point. They hope the pain will trigger a regime change.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·22 days agoGotta keep 'em down in case the Soviets park some missiles there again…
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-220 days agoI’m out of the loop. Didn’t the embargo start because Cuba were allowing Russian military bases with nukes? Presumably they’re not doing that anymore so why still an embargo?
minus-squaregerbler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoIIRC Obama lifted it and Trump reinstated it. I could be misconstruing things though.
Come on Biden, they are just off the coast lift the embargo, Castro is dead.
The collapse is the point. They hope the pain will trigger a regime change.
Gotta keep 'em down in case the Soviets park some missiles there again…
I’m out of the loop.
Didn’t the embargo start because Cuba were allowing Russian military bases with nukes? Presumably they’re not doing that anymore so why still an embargo?
IIRC Obama lifted it and Trump reinstated it. I could be misconstruing things though.
Why tho?