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The United States unveiled sweeping sanctions Friday against almost 400 individuals and companies tied to Russia's war in Ukraine, expanding existing measures to curb Moscow over the invasion of its neighbor.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/0gw96

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fu-s-unveils-sweeping-sanctions-targeting-russia-s-wartime-economy%2F

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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You were right in the first half, but completely wrong in the second. Yeah, it's possible to get rid of the embargo. As soon as the older Cubans pass away, it will be much easier electorally. People in the future will ask "why wasn't it done earlier"; it's because of single issue voters.

Cuba represents an alternative viable economic system

"Viable"? No. No one is afraid of the Cuban economy. Even the citizens of Venezuela have rejected Maduro, and they have a good view of the Cuban style economy.

Gaza and Libya don't have economic systems anywhere close to Cuba. They are not even aligned politically. "They might not like the US at some point in their history" is not a political alignment.

[–] pop@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

No one is afraid of the Cuban economy.

After decades of embargo, and going even further to punish countries that do business with Cuba.

No shit! Sherlock.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As soon as the older Cubans pass away, it will be much easier electorally.

People have been saying that since the mid-90s. State media simply re-inflames the old hatreds with every new generation.

No one is afraid of the Cuban economy.

UNITA and FNLA were plenty afraid. The Cuban coalition with Venezuela and Nicaragua is a perpetual thorn in the side of American policy makers. They're the largest unaligned economy in the Western Hemisphere and a global bio-tech leader despite the sanctions.

Americans are as nakedly hostile to an independent Cuba as the CCP is to an independent Taiwan.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

Why are you talking about Angolan political parties? You're not in the graduate seminar now. You have to actually explain the connections. "Largest unaligned economy". That's code for "no one else wants to trade with these guys".

Americans are as nakedly hostile to an independent Cuba as the CCP is to an independent Taiwan.

No one in America outside of Cubans cares about Cuba policy, and they don't want normalization. There's no animosity outside of Miami.