Cuba was prohibited from accessing spare parts for their only oxygen plant as well as importing medical oxygen due to the blockade, as COVID-19 ran rampant
Have you forgotten that the US is still actively blockading Cuba? It’s not about the US’ lack of empathy. It’s the simple fact that they actively blocked them from obtaining life saving equipment.
No, that’s 100% how the embargo works (not a blockade).
The United States embargo against Cuba prevents U.S. businesses, and businesses organized under U.S. law or majority-owned by U.S. citizens, from conducting trade with Cuban interests.
They can work with ANY other country on the planet.
Yeah… Notice that it specifically says US-interest companies… Not that it’s illegal to trade with Cuba themselves.
From your own link showing that it’s possible.
Companies should avoid making international transactions involving Cuba in USD, and instead use EUR or GBP. Major UK companies with interests in the US continue to do business successfully with Cuba.
I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m saying it’s a chilling effect when the US can arbitrarily start blocking your financial transfers. International trade is typically done through USD. And trading with Cuba opens your company to US sanctions.
But honestly, just think about it for a second. which do you think is more likely? Cuba is completely incompetent and/or self isolating? Or the US blockade prevents Cuba from doing any significant amount of trade?
The US doesn’t block anything except for it’s own companies/interests to work with Cuba. That’s it.
And I don’t find it impossible for a country to be incompetent… Nor do I find it unreasonable for a country to be self-isolating.
The USA embargoing it certainly sucks for them. But that’s how it goes. But even to that point…
Despite the existence of the embargo, Cuba can, and does, conduct international trade with many countries, including many U.S. allies; however, US-based companies, and companies that do business with the US, which trade in Cuba do so at the risk of U.S. sanctions.[10] Cuba has been a member of the World Trade Organization since 1995.[11] The European Union is Cuba’s largest trading partner, and the United States is the fifth-largest exporter to Cuba (6.6% of Cuba’s imports come from the US).[12] The Cuban government must, however, pay cash for all food imports from the United States, as credit is not allowed.[13]
Where is this blockade you talk of? It never existed. If it weren’t for the GOP the doors would be open to trade with the U.S. as well. The truth is they fucked up and made a deal with the wrong people and are feeling effects from it. I dont agree with it but you threaten to house and nuclear bomb a superpower once… you cant expect much recourse I guess
Not really the USA’s job to make sure that the citizens of another country are prepared for a pandemic.
How about… and this might sound far-fetched… but you make your own plans for things? You know… since you’re a sovereign communist country and all.
Edit: and any plan that’s ultimately “rely on the USA”… well now you know that’s probably a bad plan.
Have you forgotten that the US is still actively blockading Cuba? It’s not about the US’ lack of empathy. It’s the simple fact that they actively blocked them from obtaining life saving equipment.
From the US… Cuba has had decades to partner with anyone else.
That’s not how blockades work. The US doesn’t allow trade with Cuba.
No, that’s 100% how the embargo works (not a blockade).
They can work with ANY other country on the planet.
Here’s what the UK government says about it:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-cuba/overseas-business-risk-cuba
Yeah… Notice that it specifically says US-interest companies… Not that it’s illegal to trade with Cuba themselves.
From your own link showing that it’s possible.
I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m saying it’s a chilling effect when the US can arbitrarily start blocking your financial transfers. International trade is typically done through USD. And trading with Cuba opens your company to US sanctions.
But honestly, just think about it for a second. which do you think is more likely? Cuba is completely incompetent and/or self isolating? Or the US blockade prevents Cuba from doing any significant amount of trade?
The US doesn’t block anything except for it’s own companies/interests to work with Cuba. That’s it.
And I don’t find it impossible for a country to be incompetent… Nor do I find it unreasonable for a country to be self-isolating.
The USA embargoing it certainly sucks for them. But that’s how it goes. But even to that point…
So your original premise is still wrong…
Where is this blockade you talk of? It never existed. If it weren’t for the GOP the doors would be open to trade with the U.S. as well. The truth is they fucked up and made a deal with the wrong people and are feeling effects from it. I dont agree with it but you threaten to house and nuclear bomb a superpower once… you cant expect much recourse I guess
https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cub
You said the quiet part out loud. The USA really does represent a gangster.
Or we could just life the embargo and allow them to trade with the countries we have strong armed into not trading with them.
We have deliberately crippled the Cuban economy and are surprised they’re asking us to stop.
They are not blocked from trading with other countries. Quite the contrary other countries trade regularly with Cuba.
And here I was almost convinced by peoplesdispatch.org /s