• Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    How in the world does it hurt their economy? They have the whole world to trade with.

    What hurt their economy was the collapse of the soviet union. That is what propped up their economy for so long, the Soviets.

    What keeps the embargo in place is Cuba stole property from American citizens. If they repay those debts, then normal tourism could happen again.

    Obama made the change to allow it anyways and Trump changed it back to the prior policy.

    Americans can still go to Cuba, it’s just a pain in the ass. I go every other year or so.

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      8 months ago

      How does it hurt Cuba’s economy that people can’t do business with them? How does it hurt Cuba’s economy that the most powerful country with the most influence over the world doesn’t let people do business with Cuba? How does it hurt their economy that its a pain in the ass to travel there? You must be joking

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        8 months ago

        No I am not joking.

        When you were in Cuba, how many people said they wished they could trade with the United States ? I never met anyone.

        We even get a surcharge when we exchange money.

        Which part of Cuba were you in where they were lamenting the embargo ?

    • Album@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      they have the whole world to trade with

      Yeah that’s not how OFAC Sanctions work…