International Cuba asks UN for help as food shortages worsen

[AGEZ909]

retarded conservatives: "socialism bad"
reality: The 60+ year-long US blockade still prevents Cuba from importing all sorts of goods, from food staples to agricultural technology.

Translation: economies that produce don't want to give their products to economies that don't produce.

 

[Belaya Smert]

To be fair we stopped trying to kill their President like 50 years ago. So……..?

 

[nonoob]

No, it doesn't, chronic shortage of cash and having a very bad credit rating after swindling over 50 billion out of investors and loans over the course of 30 years or so kind of makes people not want to loan you any more money.

BAM !​

FWIW, they can definitely roll out a sweet Cohiba !

 

[Copper Burner]

This is why Jorge Masvidal votes for Trump

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Lol at helping commies.

 

[Rod1]

This is why Jorge Masvidal votes for Trump

Trump is a dictator cocksucker that literally defends Russia, which has been Cuba's main political ally since China bailed out

 

[Rod1]

Lol at helping commies.

Meanwhile billions in aid to deter commies and their supporters is blocked in Congress.

 

[SKYNET]

The system was first introduced in 1962 by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, which exacerbated shortages.

FTFY and the British Bullshitting Corporation. *EDIT* and wouldn't you know it, the author of this bs is named Vanessa Bullshitter

Vice-Prime Minister of a disgusting oppressive government did concede that progress in making Cuba more self-sufficient was lagging and blamed Cuban workers

retarded conservatives: "socialism bad"
reality: The 60+ year-long US blockade still prevents Cuba from importing all sorts of goods, from food staples to agricultural technology.

"Food Staples" Lies, wrapped in syrupy, soft language. This is typical from communist sympathizers. The overwhelming majority of Cubans and most level headed adults with a modicum of integrity understand this and are not easily deceived by this slippery jargon.

Nice try TS, your simpleton thread based off of mainstream lies and propaganda leads me to believe you are a true gusano at heart

 

[Scerpi]

oh yeah The 60+ year-long US blockade did not effect Cuba's economic growth at all. its the lazy bums
who dont want to work!
theres so many jobs and opportunities in Cuba what is wrong with these people?

How many Cubans do you personally know.

There’s a ton here who would laugh at your pathetic attempts to defend that garbage government

I know several… and hold on to your ass if you dare to defend Castro to them

 

[nicapica]

How many Cubans do you personally know.

There’s a ton here who laugh at you pathetic attempts to defend that garbage government

I know several… and hold on to your ass if you dare to defend Castro to them

He’s a typical leftist racist parroting his white socialist talking points. The only time he interacts with brown people is when he’s looking for a an “authentic” food experience. My brown Nicaraguan ass has been dealing with these kinds my whole life living in suburbia.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

I don't understand why the US still has this outdated embargo. It's a relic of a time when we were afraid of Russian style communism taking hold in the Americas.

- I do agree. Theres no reason to make people suffer for something they didnt had nothing to do with it!

 

[Hog-train]

I don't understand why Cuba still remains a Marxist-Leninist repressive regime instead of you know, having free and fair elections and then have people remain socialist if they want to.

Ok but we don't embargo China anymore and they're a lot more diabolical in practice. There's no need to make the Cuban people suffer so much anymore.

 

[Blayt7hh]

It’s interesting how these arguments literally have no credibility with Cuban people. That is, people who actually lived in Cuba don’t blame the US for their issues, but on a corrupt and ineffective ruling party.

I mean both things are true. The trade embargos have taken their toll on Cuba, and also Communism sucks.

 

[Yehudim]

I mean both things are true. The trade embargos have taken their toll on Cuba, and also Communism sucks.

Yes, no one is doubting that the trade embargo is a bad thing for the Cuban economy, however, people who lived under their system almost unanimously agree that it is not the main problem.

The most moderate, apolitical Cubans never blame the problems of Cuba on that. Keep in mind, we’re talking about people that are growing up in one party state.

 

[Sinister]

Yes, no one is doubting that the trade embargo is a bad thing for the Cuban economy, however, people who lived under their system almost unanimously agree that it is not the main problem.

The most moderate, apolitical Cubans never blame the problems of Cuba on that. Keep in mind, we’re talking about people that are growing up in one party state.

Just so we're clear, before Castro Cuba was still under a brutal and definitively racist dictatorship. It was just one that was US-approved as they allowed for austerity (economic exploitation). Batista was an elected President who ran on a populist platform. In 1952 when he was facing certain defeat in that year's election, he invoked a coup and when in power immediately began revoking political liberties, catered to the wealthy class (primarily land owners who grew crops) and widened the wealth gap. After a few years 70% of those land owners were American. To quiet dissent he convened the "Bureu for the Repression of Communist Activities" which had an armed wing that targeted protestors and dissenters.

And as has always been true throughout political History, nothing quite creates far left Communists as efficiently as corporatist authoritarianism.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Communism for thee, capitalism for mee.

Cubans lack the means to produce food because Cuba had this genius idea of "liberalizing" farms without liberalizing prices, so they ask small producers to produce food but then government officials come and put whatever random fucking prize they want on food, like the fucking Sheriff of Nothingham taxing everyone into oblivion.


Its ironic @Yehudim how communism resembles so fucking much the middle ages with kings and feudal lords.

Yeah, lets not blame Cuban government for not paying farmers owed money after "liberating them" and then adding heavy new taxes on them.

 

[Rod1]

Ok but we don't embargo China anymore and they're a lot more diabolical in practice. There's no need to make the Cuban people suffer so much anymore.

China is nowhere as diabolical as Cuba.

 

[Kingz]

It’s not the United States responsibility to prop up their government.

I thought one hand washes the other under communism? Why should they need trade with the evil capitalists to thrive?

Also, they have more than enough unfettered trade partnerships with world powers for a country of that size.

Cuba doesn’t produce anything in trade. They have laws barring investment and even as they relax some, there is no trust that once things get better the communist thugs won’t just steal it again. After all, it’s still the same government that did it before. Which is why the lifting of the embargo was always dependent on the government falling.

So Cuba doesn’t offer anything except cigars, sugar, booze, and exiled athletes. We know the embargo doesn’t extend to food and medicine from the US or any other western country. So what is Cuba really after…

…What they really want is the US to send Cuba billions of dollars in welfare money that it sends to other failed Latin American states while they keep their shit government. Thats what they really think is holding them back

 

[Halge]

Might be a silly question, but:
Couldn't this just be a scam to get free food? Like, Cuba isn't starving, it just figures it would rather spend money on other things than milk?

Spoiler

Sheeeit. I'll take any motherfucker's money if he just giving it away.

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[James Eagle]

Might be a silly question, but:
Couldn't this just be a scam to get free food? Like, Cuba isn't starving, it just figures it would rather spend money on other things than milk?

Spoiler

Sheeeit. I'll take any motherfucker's money if he just giving it away.

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yes, they want free shit to then sell to the citizens