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It's criminal that Cuba has been crushed with sanctions for decades all because the US doesn't like their government. Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot how people would react
It's mostly because of Cubans in Florida. If Florida wasn't a swing state, no one would give a shit.
It used to be, but I doubt I'd even call it a swing state anymore. Democratics need to stop caring what they think. Florida Cubans are like the most conservative people on the planet. Like, leading the Proud Boys level conservative. They're never voting for a Democrat.
You can't even claim it's because the U.S. doesn't deal with communist governments, since the U.S. does not have remotely similar sanctions against China or Vietnam. People can travel to Vietnam or China whenever they want to. No special dispensations needed on the U.S. side.
Meanwhile, Canadians are catching rays at fancy Cuban resorts. I know. My uncle was one of them.
Yeah the US is just butt hurt that they were so humiliated by such a small nation and now they won't let it go.
We were humiliated by Vietnam as well. We let that go. Cuba is different because a minority of Cubans who fled to the U.S. when Castro came to power wield a large amount of influence in Florida politics, and thus national politics.
That's fair, it hurts when your slaves are taken away lol.
It's crazy that a single state has that much international sway though.
Have to remember that some American states are more like countries when you compare physical size, population, gdp, resources, etc. The United States is a collection of nation-states in one union with federal oversight, kinda like a workers union.
Agreed. Thankfully, those people are dying out along with a lot of Florida's aging population, so this will hopefully not last.
There many businesses making large profits by keeping the embargo in place.