"How the sudden availability of mobile internet in Cuba makes these protests absolutely unprecedented, and gives them a ghost of a chance of succeeding.
Also, a summary of the crazy way Cuban internet works." #Cuba
https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/the-contrarevolucion-will-be-livestreamed
US has its sanctions again Cuba for reasons they very clearly voiced for over half century - takeover of US property in Cuba after the revolution.
But to be honest, I think *every* country has the right to say "we don't trade with X because".
Since US has such a dominating position in world trade, its sanctions *are* quite severe.
But nothing prevents Cuba from buying any equipment they like from Russia or China, which both will happily provide.
@kravietz
> But to be honest, I think *every* country has the right to say "we don't trade with X because".
Sure, but the sanctions against Cuba were more like the US saying 'nobody trades with Cuba because we say so'. Most countries couldn't trade with Cuba, even if they wanted to, unless they were strong enough to stand up to US hegemony. The sanctions were lifted without any of the putative reasons for them being addressed so those were clearly not the reasons for them.
China and Russia do trade with whomever they want without looking at US, so this argument makes no sense in 2021.
