Cuba’s government has spent the last days attempting to get the island’s national grid functioning after repeated island-wide blackouts. Without power, sleep becomes difficult in the heat, food spoils and the water supply fails.

Parts of Cuba’s communist system still function: the municipality sent Maria food. “We are three families here,” she said. “I live alone, the lady who lives next to me [does] also, and there are two children, the children’s mother, her aunt and an elderly man.”

A week after the blackout, the island has returned to the status quo ante with regular power cuts of up to 20 hours a day. But the crisis has left a deep, melancholy dread about the future.

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      Well, we can blame both of our right-wing parties for contributing to the situation by enforcing the longest running embargo. The first break from this was during the Obama administration, but it was too little too late, and we immediately returned to the previous status quo.

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        It’s not just an embargo, it’s a criminal blockade that every UN country except the US, Israel and Ukraine has agreed should end.

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          You’d think Ukraine would have some charity towards another oppressed state. I guess money speaks louder.

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              I wouldn’t say that.

              They fought off the initial assault themselves, they had some javelins and such, but nothing serious.

              Remember, Ukraine was the only functional part of the Soviet union, they grew all the food, invented their nukes and weapons, they were massive.

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                I still wouldn’t blame them for sucking up to the US in their current situation. Them and Israel basically rely on the US for their weapons. The US is who I blame most of those 3 because they have the most power to stop it without relying on anyone else for survival.

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                  I blame the US for not giving Ukraine such overwhelming weaponry that they dominated, killed every worthless Russian on ukrainian soil and made them fear for their own existence.

                  Invaders must die.

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          The US, Israel and Ukraine can get fucked. Other countries should ignore their bull shit bullying and help Cuba. The US and Israel and international bullies and have gotten thousands killed.

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              Actually I’m just aware of history. And I wasn’t even talking about Russia, you illiterate boob. Pick up a book. It’s not difficult. The US has done a great job meddling in many, many countries over the last 80 years - common knowledge that’s easy to come by. PS Putin is a tool and since the only person having sus behavior here is you, stop muddying the waters. If anything, you’re an Israeli misinformation bot

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        The break during the Obama administration caused Florida to turn red.

        No party in the US is going to touch Cuba until there is a regime change which Cuban expats approve of.

        This is simply Cuban’s punishing Cubans.

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          Boomers migrating down caused it to turn red.

          Cubans are a minority, Florida is a combination of Cuban, southern, and retired boomer, it’s staying red for a century.

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            FL turned red prior to the post Covid migration due to Obama loosening relations with Cuba.

            South Florida voters traditionally provided a counter balance to the Republican dominated North. Post Obama’s detente with Cuba, Florida has gone red in every presidential election because South Florida Cuban expats broke with Dems and were flipped Red.

            Cubans in Fl fled their homes in Cuba for a reason and are very anti communist /anti Castro. The rest of the state really doesn’t give a shit about Cuba, they just don’t want illegal immigration.

            Dems want to win back Fl or at least put it in play, Republicans want to maintain their edge. Neither party will touch Cuba until there is serious regime change.

            This is Cuban expats forcing regimes change in Cuba. The rest of the US doesn’t care.

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      The wrong type of asylum seekers?

      You can presumably understand where they’re coming from, even if voting for the party that hates people from “shithole countries” is not in their interest.

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    So, I’m just spitballing here, but maybe we could send a cvn down to help? Think 1 could power the island itself.

    Like, as a gesture of good will?

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      are you serious? and I don’t mean that as an insult, I’m actually unsure if you are serious.

      a total collapse of Cuba is the whole reason the US has been blockading them for half a century.

      infrastructure collapse is happening specifically because the US won’t allow Cuba to make infrastructure deals and technology deals with other countries without facing explicit and implicit sanctions and severe material limits.

      desperate poverty is exactly what the US government has been working towards inflicting on Cuba for decades.

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