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[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A natural impoverished (by us) enemy just a stones throw away.

[โ€“] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's natural about a blockade?

[โ€“] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

obviously nothing, but we did it anyway and forced a nearby country into near starvation, thankfully they were resilient enough to hold out but not before we labelled them our enemy

[โ€“] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

It really is a tremendous injustice. Hopefully with global shifts in power they get some breathing space. The world would grow with a growing and prospering Cuba. They've had and have a lot to offer.