It doesn’t really matter if they’re for emergencies or they’re the main power source. Since the Cuban grid is down, the US embassy could only get power using those generators. So, now they’re as in the dark as the rest of Cuba.
While the Cuban government could still communicate with messengers on motorbikes, the US can hardly do that to communicate with the US mainland, so they’re going to be really cut off.
I assume they have some kind of satellite phone and some spare batteries, but unless they have solar panels or something, once those batteries are gone they’re really cut off.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
on 21 Mar 15:20
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lol, lmao even
WhatThaFudge@lemmy.world
on 21 Mar 15:35
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**The United States has the gall to request import of fuel for themselves to an island they have a blockade of fuel on.
**
Fixed that headline for ya AP
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
on 22 Mar 07:22
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i, surprised cuba hasnt expelled them already.
TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world
on 21 Mar 17:59
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“…Maduro…who was ousted in a U.S. military operation in January and whisked to New York to face federal drug conspiracy charges”
*Kidnapped.
Ftfy.
Cunts. My country is run, and fed propagandized bullshit, by sycophantic cunts. It sickens me.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today
on 22 Mar 03:26
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If they had said “arrested” or something maybe you’d have a point, but “whisked” isn’t far off.
TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world
on 22 Mar 03:49
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I meant kidnapped in place of ousted. We literally just… Kidnapped a sitting ruler, and then just… Moved in the news cycle. Like, I know Maduro wasn’t a good guy… But the fact that we just… Dragged him out of his house and “whisked” him out of the country? It’s unreal to me in this day and age. I know it’s not entirely unprecedented, but I always assumed that all happened because of the ability to obscure the facts from the public eye, due to the lack of mass communication.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today
on 22 Mar 14:16
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Does blowing up Iran’s supreme leader seem better or worse, then? I dunno, it’s all just war by international laws and norms. (Although Trump has to avoid calling it that for domestic legal reasons)
daychilde@lemmy.world
on 21 Mar 19:06
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Seems quite fair.
LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world
on 21 Mar 19:12
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So weird the media attention on cuba, but no one has mentioned how the grid failed.
I blame trump. He did it.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
on 22 Mar 07:22
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trumps next target is cuba.
doesit@sh.itjust.works
on 21 Mar 19:20
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Kind of surprised they haven’t thrown the whole embassy out yet.
Chais@sh.itjust.works
on 21 Mar 19:44
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Why would they rob themselves of that tiny bit of satisfaction? The US regime made them miserable so letting the embassy suffer along with them is quite literally the least they can do.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
on 21 Mar 22:20
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PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world
on 22 Mar 01:00
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Syria is also doing the same thing since all their infrastructure was destroyed. Solar power works wonders there.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
on 22 Mar 04:26
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If you do it smartly too, you can decentralize solar better so taking out 1 farm with isnt as bad as taking out a regular power plant with a missile.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today
on 22 Mar 03:24
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I mean, they have trouble paying for basic stuff. I’m sure they’re setting up solar as fast as I can but it’s not going to solve the current crisis.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
on 22 Mar 11:49
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China doesn’t necessarily ask for payment - they also support infrastructure development via the Belt and Road Initiative in which they own the infrastructure built.
It’s as much a power play as the US trying to take over, but it does help small nations with projects they cannot afford otherwise. I have family in another Caribbean island and if there is storm damage that destroys a bridge or road, China and recently India are generally open to helping via foreign investment.
It does beg the question of whether small nations are truly sovereign, or if this is just the modern day colonialism without calling it that. However, I’ll say that my family vastly prefers the power grab from India or China that leaves them with something they need compared to the power grabs from the US which basically just bill them for being poor.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
on 22 Mar 13:03
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Small nations are going to need help from larger, friendly nations, that’s just reality. It doesn’t make them Colonies until they lose their ability to make their own choices.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca
on 22 Mar 13:12
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But this begs the question of what exactly makes an independent nation. Can you truly make your own choices when everything you do will be scrutinized by the hegemons who dictate how much aid you deserve to receive? Can you ever prosper when international currency favours specific countries and tiny nations can’t trade on the world stage without the big countries taking their cut?
Today, large powers don’t conquer countries in name. Rather, they conquer them via economic force and allow them to stay “independent” in name only.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
on 22 Mar 13:22
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Even a massive nation like America needs allies, so a small one is going to need them even more.
Sure, there is always the chance that someone bigger will take over in some way, but what else is a small country going to do? That’s just life. They can’t get along alone, so they have to seek out alliances of many kinds - political, military, trade, educational, etc. You just have to choose your partners carefully, and hope they don’t undergo a major political shift, and suddenly become predatory.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happened with America.
CanadaPlus@futurology.today
on 22 Mar 14:14
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Colonialism was a whole other thing, though, it wasn’t just a lack of sovereignty. There was forceful extraction of wealth going on, which is why India went from one of the richest places on Earth to a very poor nation over the period of British rule. There’s “neocolonialism” where rich nations get an unfair deal in more indirect ways, but the scale is just dramatically smaller, and at the Western end amounts to shaving off cents.
The thing with Chinese investments is they are happy to front the money sometimes, but eventually they call in their debt. Places in Africa are finding out about this the hard way right now. I also question if powering all of Cuba is really something even they could do in a span of weeks.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
on 22 Mar 19:05
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Places in Africa are finding out about this the hard way right now.
For the most part what’s happened is that China is not longer funding new and more Africa infrastructure. A lot of this is due to the infrastructure having now been built, and the economic benefits from said infrastructure being used to pay the loans back. As intended.
I also question if powering all of Cuba is really something even they could do in a span of weeks.
They utilize I think 20% solar currently, but the problem is also storage for nighttime power consumption. Even if they could generate 100% during the day they also need the infrastructure to store or generate for nighttime.
Cuba is still using cars from the 1950s because of the American trade embargo. Under ideal conditions a transition to pure electric / solar energy would take a decade. With an American embargo in place it would take decades and probably never finish.
caboose2006@lemmy.world
on 22 Mar 02:30
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Good
CanadaPlus@futurology.today
on 22 Mar 03:23
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It makes sense that if you have an embassy in a country, then blockade that country, your embassy would be effected by that. Maybe think about your actions beforehand
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works
on 22 Mar 13:46
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Anything can be a diplomatic pouch, if you’re brave enough
Why would they? Good on em for standing their ground. This is all so stupid
And there is a good chance that those generators are not meant for emergencies, but are their main power source. Enjoy the off-the-grid-experience.
If the US had any foresight they would maybe out solar panels up. They’re like, pretty close to the equator.
solar is super woke though.
That’s because solar only works when the sun is awake.
I think frequent hurricanes might be why that didn’t happen
It doesn’t really matter if they’re for emergencies or they’re the main power source. Since the Cuban grid is down, the US embassy could only get power using those generators. So, now they’re as in the dark as the rest of Cuba.
While the Cuban government could still communicate with messengers on motorbikes, the US can hardly do that to communicate with the US mainland, so they’re going to be really cut off.
I assume they have some kind of satellite phone and some spare batteries, but unless they have solar panels or something, once those batteries are gone they’re really cut off.
lol, lmao even
**The United States has the gall to request import of fuel for themselves to an island they have a blockade of fuel on. ** Fixed that headline for ya AP
i, surprised cuba hasnt expelled them already.
“…Maduro…who was ousted in a U.S. military operation in January and whisked to New York to face federal drug conspiracy charges”
*Kidnapped.
Ftfy.
Cunts. My country is run, and fed propagandized bullshit, by sycophantic cunts. It sickens me.
If they had said “arrested” or something maybe you’d have a point, but “whisked” isn’t far off.
I meant kidnapped in place of ousted. We literally just… Kidnapped a sitting ruler, and then just… Moved in the news cycle. Like, I know Maduro wasn’t a good guy… But the fact that we just… Dragged him out of his house and “whisked” him out of the country? It’s unreal to me in this day and age. I know it’s not entirely unprecedented, but I always assumed that all happened because of the ability to obscure the facts from the public eye, due to the lack of mass communication.
Does blowing up Iran’s supreme leader seem better or worse, then? I dunno, it’s all just war by international laws and norms. (Although Trump has to avoid calling it that for domestic legal reasons)
Seems quite fair.
So weird the media attention on cuba, but no one has mentioned how the grid failed.
I blame trump. He did it.
trumps next target is cuba.
Kind of surprised they haven’t thrown the whole embassy out yet.
Why would they rob themselves of that tiny bit of satisfaction? The US regime made them miserable so letting the embassy suffer along with them is quite literally the least they can do.
“IM NOT LOCKED IN HERE WITH YOU.”
And deprive themselves of the fun of making CIA agents and diplomats go crazy and shit themselves?
They should let them bring it in one diplomatic pouch at a time.
Cuba has the chance to become the world’s first 100% Solar Powered Nation. Imagine if they ask China for help.
They have
www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/…/ar-AA1YQh3O
Hell yeah 🦾
Syria is also doing the same thing since all their infrastructure was destroyed. Solar power works wonders there.
If you do it smartly too, you can decentralize solar better so taking out 1 farm with isnt as bad as taking out a regular power plant with a missile.
I mean, they have trouble paying for basic stuff. I’m sure they’re setting up solar as fast as I can but it’s not going to solve the current crisis.
China doesn’t necessarily ask for payment - they also support infrastructure development via the Belt and Road Initiative in which they own the infrastructure built.
It’s as much a power play as the US trying to take over, but it does help small nations with projects they cannot afford otherwise. I have family in another Caribbean island and if there is storm damage that destroys a bridge or road, China and recently India are generally open to helping via foreign investment.
It does beg the question of whether small nations are truly sovereign, or if this is just the modern day colonialism without calling it that. However, I’ll say that my family vastly prefers the power grab from India or China that leaves them with something they need compared to the power grabs from the US which basically just bill them for being poor.
Small nations are going to need help from larger, friendly nations, that’s just reality. It doesn’t make them Colonies until they lose their ability to make their own choices.
But this begs the question of what exactly makes an independent nation. Can you truly make your own choices when everything you do will be scrutinized by the hegemons who dictate how much aid you deserve to receive? Can you ever prosper when international currency favours specific countries and tiny nations can’t trade on the world stage without the big countries taking their cut?
Today, large powers don’t conquer countries in name. Rather, they conquer them via economic force and allow them to stay “independent” in name only.
Even a massive nation like America needs allies, so a small one is going to need them even more.
Sure, there is always the chance that someone bigger will take over in some way, but what else is a small country going to do? That’s just life. They can’t get along alone, so they have to seek out alliances of many kinds - political, military, trade, educational, etc. You just have to choose your partners carefully, and hope they don’t undergo a major political shift, and suddenly become predatory.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happened with America.
Colonialism was a whole other thing, though, it wasn’t just a lack of sovereignty. There was forceful extraction of wealth going on, which is why India went from one of the richest places on Earth to a very poor nation over the period of British rule. There’s “neocolonialism” where rich nations get an unfair deal in more indirect ways, but the scale is just dramatically smaller, and at the Western end amounts to shaving off cents.
The thing with Chinese investments is they are happy to front the money sometimes, but eventually they call in their debt. Places in Africa are finding out about this the hard way right now. I also question if powering all of Cuba is really something even they could do in a span of weeks.
For the most part what’s happened is that China is not longer funding new and more Africa infrastructure. A lot of this is due to the infrastructure having now been built, and the economic benefits from said infrastructure being used to pay the loans back. As intended.
They utilize I think 20% solar currently, but the problem is also storage for nighttime power consumption. Even if they could generate 100% during the day they also need the infrastructure to store or generate for nighttime.
Cuba is still using cars from the 1950s because of the American trade embargo. Under ideal conditions a transition to pure electric / solar energy would take a decade. With an American embargo in place it would take decades and probably never finish.
Good
I’m surprised they still maintain an embassy.
It makes sense that if you have an embassy in a country, then blockade that country, your embassy would be effected by that. Maybe think about your actions beforehand
100% right. Let them manage the shit they created