President Donald Trump said Friday during remarks in Florida that the United States would take over Cuba “almost immediately,” suggesting an aircraft carrier could be positioned offshore after the conflict in Iran.

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While the president’s comments appeared partly joking, they followed concrete policy action in the form of broadened sanctions.

  • red_green_black@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    While the Cuban people don’t love the sanctions the reason for anti-goverment sentiment is the state apparatus not looking like doing anything to resolve the crisis but put more in the so called revolutionary defense committee and security institutions

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      but put more in the so called revolutionary defense committee and security institutions

      I mean, maybe rightfully so since they’ve been threatened constantly for the past year.

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        1 day ago

        And where do those threats come from? What I refer to is internal enforcement, IE concern of a threat on the Island.