Cuba collapse - Drinkin’ rum and Coca Cola

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Mr. Racewar1488 said:
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The Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin has arrived in Cuba carrying a full cargo of crude oil, set to unload more than 700,000 barrels, according to Russian authorities and maritime data.️ The delivery marks the first oil shipment to reach the island in weeks, offering significant relief amid a broader U.S. oil blockade.
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I have heard that older Russian people love to visit Cuba because of their Soviet Union nostalgia. They show their grandkids the grocery stores and stuff. “Look, breadlines! Just like we had when I was your age”

I guess it’s worth it for them to kick over some $$/oil to keep it going.
 
The Cum Beast said:
The question is now: what friendly country will they flee? I'm betting on Canada, also if they do flee here, I'll ask the Cuban government members to play video games with me.
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I hope they run to Canada so Trump can send Delta Force into Ottawa and extract them while the Canadians whine about how it's "illegal" or whatever.



While drinking a beer, Fidel Castro's grandson, Sandro Castro, says he is a capitalist and says if it were up to him, he would welcome a deal with US President Trump during an interview with CNN to open the Cuban Economy for the outside world:
"There are many people here [in Cuba] who want [Cuba] to have capitalism, but Capitalism with sovereignty."
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I just wanted to mention, that Polish embassy advises you to absolutely not come to Cuba for any reason, because Cuba is such a poor shithole you might not get a flight back. Other countries with the highest risk levels include but are not limited to: North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Syria's neighbors. It's kinda funny to me.
 
Tram Fan said:
I just wanted to mention, that Polish embassy advises you to absolutely not come to Cuba for any reason, because Cuba is such a poor shithole you might not get a flight back. Other countries with the highest risk levels include but are not limited to: North Korea, Somalia, Syria and Syria's neighbors. It's kinda funny to me.
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polands pretty low in the us its lower than most of western europe lol
 
Fishnumm said:
polands pretty low in the us its lower than most of western europe lol
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to Poland all Western Europe is low risk though however to the US it's level 2 aka not very dangerous but noticeable. Cuba has gotten highest level risk in Poland which is very hard to achieve without some totalitarian regime or wars.

https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...al-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Cuba.html wtf cuba is only level 2. Same as Germany and Antarctica. And yes Germany And Antarctica are the same in terms of risk for tourists according to the US which is also funny.
 
The EU is trying to prop up the Cuban regime:
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Cuba releases 2,000 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. I'm very new to monitoring Cuba, is this normal or are they trying to appease Presidente el Trumpo?
 

RTVI’s, a Russian-state ran news outlet, new video from Cuba shows what an energy blockade looks like in real life. People stand in fuel lines a thousand deep. Hospitals work through blackouts. Families say they feel like they are living in a camp, not on a tropical island.

The report links this directly to Washington’s oil embargo and pressure on anyone who dares sell crude to Havana. Sanctions here are not an abstract policy tool. They are empty fridges, dead streetlights and protests in the dark — and the camera lets Cubans themselves say that on record.
 
Mr. Racewar1488 said:
The report links this directly to Washington’s oil embargo and pressure on anyone who dares sell crude to Havana. Sanctions here are not an abstract policy tool. They are empty fridges, dead streetlights and protests in the dark — and the camera lets Cubans themselves say that on record.
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Why I have a feeling then blaming Washington's oil embargo is Cuba's counterpart of "my dog ate my homework"?
 
Mr. Racewar1488 said:
View attachment 8799702Cuba releases 2,000 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. I'm very new to monitoring Cuba, is this normal or are they trying to appease Presidente el Trumpo?
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My understanding is it's something of a horse trading situation.

It's not a routine course of action for Cuba to grant pardons to prisoners, especially this many at once. Reuters reports it as the largest amnesty of prisoners in 10 years (a). Cuba's claim, via AP, when they released 51 prisoners in the Vatican brokered deal of March this year (a), was they'd pardoned 9905 prisoners since 2010.

The Cuban government's official position is that they don't keep any political prisoners. The United States government and a number of nonprofits and NGOs don't buy that story at all. It's been a sticking point in relations between the two countries for decades.

Most if not all of the recently pardoned prisoners will have been officially imprisoned for crimes along the lines of theft, vandalism, bribery, public disorder, resisting arrest and so on. Not for sentences relating to anti-government sentiment or actions. Nonetheless, the US and aforementioned NGOs keep their own lists of people they consider to have been imprisoned for political reasons, and will be comparing the roster of prisoners recently pardoned to their own.

In short; The latest prisoner release is likely a sort of a test by the United States government to see how sincere the Cuban government is in their ongoing negotiations. Political prisoners, whether explicitly called so or not, are one of the few currencies the Cuban government has to spend at the moment to get concessions in their negotiations.

The timing around Easter and the framing of the pardons as either a humanitarian gesture or in recognition of good behaviour on the part of the prisoners so on sounds to me just like saving face on the part of the Cuban government.
 
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