It is indeed a shame that niquests isn't used more, I think trying to use the (c'est Français) argument to in French will bring you many initial users needed for the inertia
>decades-long economic blockade by the United States
myth, an incredible myth, the US has a package of sanctions and an embargo, Cuba is free to trade with other nations. The reason of the economic powerty and Cubans not being able to live a normal life is mostly self-inflicted (by their government, not the people) from an extractive elite who kept the old colonial system but just changed hands and drapings, with who is on top, plus the disastrous results of marxsist-leninist economic policies who are blind to reality
The embargo was reinforced in October 1992 by the Cuban Democracy Act and in 1996 by the Cuban Liberty and Democracy Solidarity Act (known as the Helms–Burton Act) which penalizes foreign companies that do business in Cuba by preventing them from doing business in the U.S.
1: You are like 1 search away from seeing the reality of the embargo, Title III which is the mechanism by what you can sue the companies was suspended by every president since Clinton just after the law became effective in 1996, until Trump let the suspension lapse on May 2, 2019. So for all that time the law was effectively useless. [1]
2: In 2000, Congress passed the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA), which authorized sales of food, medicines, and medical equipment to Cuba. So basically how it is a blockade or a siege.
3:Spain trades with Cuba. Canada is one of Cuba's biggest export markets. China is a top partner. The Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy all trade. The EU passed a "Blocking Regulation" making compliance with Helms-Burton a criminal offence in some member states
4: Almost 2 Billion $ of remittances are sent every year from Cubans abroad, and like 1.8 of that comes from the US. If there is an blockade, how can the money go into the island.
All of the issues of Cuba are due to its endemic government, the external conditions are just a reaction to that. Talk with some Cubans about the reality of Cuba and you will get the story.
They are debanked from the global financial system due to US sanctions on any business who trades with Cuba
They can’t trade in US dollars, the global currency that nations most typically use for international trade
They can’t follow normal shopping lanes because boats going to Cuba have to stay away from US ports for 180 days
Any company can be sued by any American alleging they have benefitted Cuba
Also, the United Nations has voted unanimously multiple times to drop the sanctions on Cuba- only USA and Israel vote no. To say that it’s a myth that Cuba has been adversely affected by the US actions is plainly stupid.
Why should the USA be forced to do business with a communist dictatorship? Countries are free to trade or not with other countries as they choose. They're welcome to set up their own alternative financial systems and currencies. Not our problem.
The blame here is 100% on the Cuban government. If they want to improve conditions for their people then all they have to do is free the political prisoners, institute multi-party liberal democracy, and adopt free-market capitalism. If they took those simple steps then it would bring tremendous benefits to their country even if US sanctions remained in place.
When Chinese leaders met with Che Guevara and others, they were not very optimistic about their revolution either; they lacked a deeper understanding of socialism and respect for realism. This may also be related to the character traits of Latin Americans, which differ from the practices in Laos, Vietnam, and China.
There are no detailed data showing exactly how much negative impact the U.S. blockade and sanctions have had on Cuba’s economy. After all, the U.S. has long-arm jurisdiction capabilities in almost every domain, and it is very easy to use private channels to influence other countries and economic entities in their dealings with Cuba(Considering the United States’ notorious human rights record and its multiple assassination attempts against former Cuban presidents). for a small country, in the current U.S.-dominated, power-based international system, facing such unilateral hostility and sanctions undoubtedly adds many extra difficulties to their development.
Whether their development is good or bad, they do not deserve such suffering. The United Nations has held multiple votes on Cuba’s situation, and almost always the United States and Israel oppose lifting the sanctions. The world stands with Cuba, but unfortunately, some people do not.
The suffering does not come from external actors but it is imposed by the regime itself, the lack of pragmatism and flexibility from the government, as well as their corruption, makes them horrible people to deal with even for China and Russia.
I stand with Cubans as a nation, but now with Cuba the state, one can make the difference when talking to Cubans. The UN represent Cuba the state and not the nation, and unlike China or Vietnam the government does not reflect its population wishes.
It can be seen as a modern addnedum of "No Silver Bullet" where AI increases Accidental complexity while not resolving the issues inherent with essental complexity. This contrasts with the view that AI actually removes accidental complexity to reveal essential complexity
The ideology is that if your speech goes against the establishment they will (mis)use hate speech laws to censor you i.e Merz and the pensioner story, but this has become a common tool in many EU countries.
Also, see Chat Law where they are trying to "save the kds and from terrorism" to massively spy on all private chats. The law keeps being struck down but they keep presenting it again, and again and someday will pass because they just need to win once.
While other nations have their issues, one cannot remain blind to ours because "look at muh ruzzians and americans"
> they will (mis)use hate speech laws to censor you i.e Merz and the pensioner story
You mean where the police (not the politician Merz) initiated a defamation case based on a comment on a police department's Facebook channel, which the public prosecutor immediately declined?
I never said it was Merz himself who prosecuted, but if you want examples it's ok.
- Stefan Niehoff, abother pensioner who insulted Habeck himself, was acquitted but after a lot of drama ensued. Habeck has filed 805 suits on speech so yeah
- Nancy Fraser, and the journalist who was sentenced to 7 months in prison
- The Pimmelgate
I am sorry but the average German politician has very authoritarian tendencies and Germany itself has many laws that constrict freedom of speech. For now that is ok that they keep building these laws (its for democracy guys and against hate speech) and when AfD eventually gets in the government, you will get a Coyote's law, where you build tools the opposition will eventually use against citizens as well
The chat law is some proposal paid by USAian people, I bet in USA there are also lots of idiotic proposals.
The hate speech thing is not a new thing in Europe, defamation, supporting genocide always was illegal what is new is Ruzzian bots pushing fake shit.
I am not afraid to post with my real name that I think politicians are stupid, corrupt and whatever , what I can't do in Romania is glorifying the fascist and their genocides and crimes.
No it actually isnt a proposal by "USAian", it is a homegrown issue. I dont care about American idiocy because I dont live there. On the other hand I live in the EU and thus I care about our idiocy. Should I be ok with authoritarianism because "China is also authoritarian".
Please tell me, what Russian propaganda pushed Germany to use its anti-semitism laws to deport foreign students who were protesting against the actions happening in Palestine. We have to stop with the "but look aborad its worse" mentality
Sorry I am not aware about the Germany fake news, so link some reputable source to it, afaik Germany has very strong laws about fascism, nazis so make sure this is an EU problem and not Germany old laws unrelated to EU.
And I mean there are many stupid proposals, but there is no in effect law to put you in prison because you are supporting some legal political party that is in opposition. There are laws that you might be punished if you are doxing someone and calling people to kill that person online and this is not some law the EU created, it would be stupid to have a law to punish me if i call my neighbor werius stuff and damage his reputation but there would be no laws to call for killing of a specific person or a group of persons.
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