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April 18, 2026
The delegation told Cuba’s leadership that it had only a narrow window of time to make the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration.[Imperialist vultures circling around Cuba - drive them out!]
The U.S. delegation last week proposed bringing Starlink satellite internet to the island and allowing free connectivity. It also urged the Cuban regime to make economic changes to attract foreign capital, grow the private sector and transition to a market-based economy.
These economic changes, the State Department official said, would also need to include ways to compensate U.S. citizens and corporations that had assets and properties confiscated in the 1960s.
Cuba would also need to release political prisoners, the official added, and allow greater political freedom.
Here’s the thing tho … if Cuba voluntarily decided to change its whole economy on its own - that’s fine. But for tRump to arbitrarily force it on Cubans is pretty fucked up.
I’m hoping that if the orange asshole starts rattling his sabers that the rest of the world would jump in to protect Cuba’s ability to choose on its own how it wants its country to operate.
Cuba represents the threat of a good example, that’s why the US has never stopped blockading them even after the cold war