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Latin America

James48

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1. Tell me - why are we still blockading

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 02:16 AM

Aug 2023

After all these decades?

Wouldn’t it be better to just drop all the blockades and isolation, and deluge Cuba with good old fashion
American cash flow pouring in. In a few years, they’d be produced no far more on their own, and they
Would figure out their own brand of hybrid capitalism/ with a socialist flair, that provides better lives for their citizens.

Time to change our course. Obama had a good start in changing direction. Trump blew it, and now it’s not apparently a priority for the Biden admin. Let’s get capitalism rolling and offer Cuba sone new olive branches.

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