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minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·16 days agoCome on Biden, they are just off the coast lift the embargo, Castro is dead.
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·15 days agoGotta keep 'em down in case the Soviets park some missiles there again…
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 days agoThe collapse is the point. They hope the pain will trigger a regime change.
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 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-up2·13 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.
Gotta keep 'em down in case the Soviets park some missiles there again…
The collapse is the point. They hope the pain will trigger a regime change.
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?