U.N. Votes Overwhelmingly to Denounce U.S. Embargo on Cuba as Hurricane Melissa Batters Island (www.democracynow.org)
from pete_link@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 01:22
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October 30, 2025

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workerONE@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 03:53 next collapse

I wrote my representative and advocated for lifting the trade embargo and this is what they sent back:

As your Member of Congress, I am opposed to lifting the embargo. Cuba continues to be under control of a communist regime which suppresses any advancement toward a free and open society. In addition to not providing basic goods and services for its citizens, the Cuban government routinely restricts civil liberties and engages in significant human rights abuses. Specific information can be found by reading the State Department’s 2022 human rights report on Cuba. Cuba continues to undermine the interests of the United States, and most recently a Cuban spy was found to have infiltrated high levels of the U.S. government.

titanicx@lemmy.zip on 03 Nov 2025 04:24 next collapse

Was his name trump?

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 03 Nov 2025 04:36 collapse

This could be a typical reply from any R senator, or even D.

absquatulate@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 05:30 next collapse

Man, imagine the paranoia. You literally have a russian puppet for president, but are worried about infiltrations by communist spies from Cuba.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 03 Nov 2025 06:28 next collapse

cubans in florida, texas still believe it, its probably to shore up the supporters.

zaugofficial@lemmings.world on 03 Nov 2025 13:43 collapse

It’s all about money, and money brings out the worst in people.

zaugofficial@lemmings.world on 03 Nov 2025 13:42 next collapse

Our representatives don’t represent us.

Literally everything they say can apply to China, but China makes America money so they get a pass.

Off with their heads.

SlippiHUD@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 15:24 collapse

That list of complaints also applies to the Trump regime. Get off your high horse made of horseshit and stop intentionally making peoples lives worse.

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 12:51 next collapse

I’m pretty sure Cuba’s unforgivable crime wasn’t Communism, but successfully resisting American imperialism.

zaugofficial@lemmings.world on 03 Nov 2025 13:41 collapse

America should be used and abused until it changes its ways.

I have no sympathy for this country or the leeches taking it for a ride.