It must be very convenient for U.S imperialists that they can just sanction Cuba and wait for a devastating natural disaster to strike them every year, instead of doing it themselves.
Glad to see that more countries are willing to ignore these sanctions in recent years
Glad to see that more countries are willing to ignore these sanctions in recent years
Cuba depends a lot on Spain, Russia, China, Mexico (which even during right-wing goverments have supported Cuba), Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Pink Tide Goverments (Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Chile, Suriname and Honduras).
and despite the u.s. clearly building up for potentially an invasion
Venezuela quickly turning out to be one of the best “AES” states
When the pressure’s on, solidarity becomes a matter of survival (also they’re basically neighbors). I don’t know why we don’t all consider Venezuela and Nicaragua as deserving of the AES label.
I think it’s because their governments aren’t explicitly socialist/Communist in the way AES countries are, but Nicaragua effectively became one recently and it’s not really talked about
Nicaragua was very pissed with the West for breaking the agreement and imposing sanctions on the country. So Nicaragua stopped pretending to be a liberal democracy and expelled the Americans and Taiwanese from the country.
Yeah exactly, theyve always been B to D tier because of this in my eyes, still on the list but not as explicit
Nicaragua is basically an AES. Venezuela openly states they respect private propety and some liberal democracy stuff, there were plans to slowly change the constitution (which would have led to same-sex marriage being approved) but those were stopped because Juan Guaido decided he was the president of Venezuela and shut down any voting for any kind of reform.
They’re an extremely moderate social democracy akin to european ones, and have suffered considerably because of it. The surprising part is that they’ve managed to keep on the trajectory of having regulated capitalism with some social welfare and nationalized oil without the socdems in charge turning coat and becoming neolibs, without the neolibs managing to coup them despite repeated attempts that have gone completely unpunished, and without any sort of swing to the left as they watch all this moderate capitalism and tolerance for reactionary power blocs only serve to allow reactionaries to keep attacking them from within while still being isolated and attacked by the US for the sin of being a designated subaltern periphery state that dares do regulation and own its own natural resources.
They still deserve support, obviously, and they serve as a very clear example of the racist hypocrisy behind US foreign policy when a state as moderate as Norway gets treated as a pariah simply because they’re not white and because they’re located within the sphere of influence that the US empire claims as its subjects to be subjugated and looted as it pleases.
Preparations are also underway for the departure of a ship carrying more than 3,000 tons of additional assistance to Cuba. The vessel is expected to set sail in the coming days as part of the ongoing cooperation effort.
sanctions? I barely know her
