President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters. He seeks to put more pressure on Havana, following his administration's challenge to Venezuela's leadership. The new sanctions target people, entities and affiliates supporting Cuba's security apparatus, or those complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, officials said. Government agents, officials or supporters are also included. It was not immediately clear which specific people or entities were impacted by the sanctions under the order, which Reuters first reported. The order authorizes secondary sanctions for conducting or facilitating transactions with those targeted under the order, officials said.
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jambudz@lemmy.zip · 39 pts · 105d
At what point is this embargo different than genocide?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 25 pts · 105d
Well, you see, genocide is very much in vogue right now. Our president is just being fashionable.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 105d
It's been one since the 60s
mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 105d
Already a genocide
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 105d
Bully has to go back to picking on somebody who won't fight back.
grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 8 pts · 105d
convicted felon , murderous insane racist thug—**47
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 105d
Don't forget kid-fucker & daughter-diddler
fox2263@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
President Executive Order.
Because he can’t get anything done
ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 105d
President pedo epstein's best buddy
Elilol@fedinsfw.app · 7 pts · 105d
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 7 pts · 105d
Elilol@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 105d
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 105d
US fail.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -62 pts · 106d
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 106d
Because placating to fascists is always going to get you what you want.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -43 pts · 105d
They've already spent the last 67 years placating to Red Fascists, it's not a big ask that they don't create their own suffering by intentionally mouthing off at the orange geriatric.
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 105d
Good job on moving them goalposts. This is practically genocide and your answer to this is suck it up. Fuck you, dude.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -31 pts · 105d
The difference between this and a genocide is that genocides generally aren't opt-in. This shit isn't happening in Trinidad. It's not happening in Okinawa. It's not happening in Madagascar. Can you figure out what ways Cuba is different?
Fuck Around: Find Out
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 105d
Good job showing how much of a real piece of fucking shit you are, champ.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -19 pts · 105d
Oh, is my opposition to autocracy and militant dictatorship what makes me a "piece of fucking shit"? How very "progressive" of you. I should be cheering Cubans on as they jump into the lion cage, like you and all the tankies. /s
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 105d
It's the cuban people who are dying you stupid fuck. The regime can survive but the people won't. Might as well suck trumps dick at this point since youre cheerleading this sick fucks demented actions. You and people like you make me sick being American. Get help you sick fuck.
Have fun screaming into the void. Ain't replying.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 105d
Are you even aware the horrors Trump has caused Cuba? USA has made a blockade so Cuba can't get any oil, and people are fucking dying because of it!!
And you say they should just soak it up?
Fuck USA for being inhumane psychopaths, who want to be in control of the entire world, no matter how much harm it causes others. And fuck people like you for blaming the victim.
Cuba never did anything to USA, and USA has undermined the Cuban economy for more than 60 years now!!
USA is committing crimes against humanity, and what they do to Cuba is only one of them.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -26 pts · 105d
I'm not seeing the logic in the argument that more harm in the future is okay because of some harm now. If you were against harm then you would want less of it, now and in the future.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 105d
You are babbling and not making any sense whatsoever, I have no way to put a fitting context onto whatever those words are supposed to mean?
What is the more harm? more harm than what? What are the harms in the now and in the future?
All we know for sure is that USA has brought a lot of harm to Cuba,and Cuba has brought zero harm to USA.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -21 pts · 105d
LMFAO
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 105d
Yes because Cuba is such a big powerful country, and USA is very scared of them. Therefore USA has tried to kill Cuban leaders multiple times, manipulated global markets to immense harm to the Cuban economy, sanctioned Cuba for 60 years, and is now blockading oil to Cuba so even hospitals can't function, and people die.
And what is the crime Cuba did? Having free healthcare?
You may laugh, that's OK, it only shows what kind of person you are.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 105d
If it's so funny then you can easily provide us with a list of terrible harm Cuba has done to the US since Trump's been in office. I'll even give you back to his first presidency.
How has Cuba harmed the US since 2017? Be specific.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -10 pts · 105d
They continue to be militarily allied with the same sponsors of Venezuela and Iran, ironically those sponsors are the same countries that helped get Trump reelected, and once in history Cuba was used to field nuclear weapons aimed at the USA. Of course, that's got absolutely nothing to do with why Trump is bullying them. It's because they keep talking shit over the social media loudspeakers in order to divert US Military attention away from Iran at the cost of cuban lives and livelihoods.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 105d
I feel like you have a wall somewhere with lots of red yarn connecting photographs.
Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 105d
They're allies of people you don't like? How does that harm the US. That's what I asked.
Then you said none of the first part of your comment matters because the only reason is that they're talking shit. That's the reason for killing them? They're too mouthy for you? You're just as petty and small minded as Trump if that's the justification for defending him.
otter@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 105d
As a Canadian, this does absolutely nothing.
You can do every single thing the americans are asking for, and the deals will STILL be thrown out the next day.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -15 pts · 105d
I don't see Canada under an endless Embargo.
otter@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 105d
How would being under an endless embargo make the current administration any more trustworthy or likely to hold up their end of a deal?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -14 pts · 105d
"Current administration"...?
There is nothing recent or immediate about hostilities with Cuba, friend. Things are getting demonstrably getting worse for Cuba specifically because of the things they've been doing and saying, and no other reason.
otter@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 105d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_thaw
Or if you want to read this one in context
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -9 pts · 105d
Okay? And?
Eldritch@piefed.world · 15 pts · 106d
There's no guarantee of that. As long as trump is still alive and in office, worse is almost guaranteed. He and his sycophants have already discussed outright invading Cuba. Cuba isn't stirring it up. They're responding to the violence already inflicted.
I am anti authoritarian/authority. I'm against our government and Cuba's. But of all the problems with Cuba's government. This is the US's fault.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -26 pts · 106d
Well they went from no guarantee to further sanctions, so I hope they have fun with that. If things escalate further and bombs start flying the only thing I'll have to say about it is "called it."
Cuba's dictatorship problems started with their sponsorship from the USSR and later China. Blaming that on only the USA is ridiculous.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 105d
I wonder what the USA did to warrant such a negative reaction?
You wouldn't think America's own actions has anything to do with it, would you?
Things an abuser says for 100.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -16 pts · 105d
An eye for an eye kills thousands of Cubans, potentially starves millions, maybe try to move things in the opposite direction?
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d
Posts like this are why I love being able to tag people (Boost/Android)
grte@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 105d
Absolutely psychotic take. Cuba has done nothing to warrant all this.
osanna@lemmy.vg · 2 pts · 105d
wtf. Yes they have. They’re brown!
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -1 pts · 105d
Cuba had every capability of avoiding this outcome, demonstrable by the fact that THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES. Cuba has every tool at its disposal to stop this immediately. Remove the despots from power, stop cooperating with adversarial nations on the other side of the globe. Simple as.
grte@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 105d
This is like telling the victim of a rape to say I consent to stop getting raped. Like, an actual very stupid thing to say.
"Listen, you have all the tools to stop this rape. Just consent so it's not rape anymore."
-The thoughts of a deranged person.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -2 pts · 105d
Your message is like telling a woman to stop carrying mace to defend herself from rape, to take down the restraining order so the rapist and his convicted felon rapist friends can move into the next apartment over.
grte@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 105d
...I see this particular mind was not done being deranged.