Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions
Spanish hotel chains. A Canadian mining firm. European shipping giants. Visa and Mastercard. Scores of foreign companies have been driven out of Cuba this summer over fear of being hit with potent, new secondary sanctions. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told Axios last month there are “no escape valves” from his unprecedented pressure campaign against the island.
But not everybody is losing out. A growing cast of Washington and Florida insiders – from billionaire Trump cronies and Rubio-linked lobbyists to Cuban exiles – are jockeying for control of the communist-ruled island-nation’s key assets, charging top dollar to help clients navigate the ever-expanding web of sanctions, and positioning themselves for lucrative business opportunities in the case of regime collapse.
Since an executive order signed by Donald Trump on 1 May drove Canada’s Sherritt International from its nickel and cobalt mining joint venture with the Cuban state, two rival US bids to buy out its stake have been presented to US authorities.
We backed down on this shit? Fuck that why are we doing anything in fear of America at this point. They’re going to do whatever they want anyway. Fuck trump, fuck the USA. Solidarity with cuba
We could get sick at you it’s worked before
While I support the former sentiment Cuba was a horrible horrible place. You should be far more specific with “solidarity with Cuba” because I initially read that and it seemed to me you support political executions, nationalizing property, and stamping down free speech.
The enemy of your enemy doesn’t have to be your friend they can be bad as well.
Oh shut the fuck up
Happy to buy you a one way ticket to Cuba if you interested???.. Ya I’ll wait
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I mean sure if you want to save me half the cost of my vacation flights. did you think you made a point?
I made a point… And you proved it. I offered a one way flight to live there and instead you flexxed your privilege capitalizing on their poverty for a nice vacation. Nice work and good riddance. You’re just as bad as the rest of em
Lol no, I just wasnt agreeing to uproot my entire life and immigrate to a country I’ve never been or speak the language to win a bet some fuckwit on the internet put forward.
I mean, the USA keeps proving them right on their drastic measures. Like imagine you’re making a point right under an article of how they want to loot the land. Yeah, nationalizing property is probably a good idea when you have a neighbor looking to try to buy out the country via force. Political paranoia and limiting speech are a lot more reasonable when the neighboring country has a verifiable history of trying to instigate shit constantly over time, including literally now via a severe embargo.
I’m not sure how the hell you don’t connect the dots on how Cuba’s state is literally a result of US actions. It’s the equivalent of saying Palestinian citizens deserve what they’ve gotten because their government was antagonistic against Israel, after decades of Israel fucking them over and killing people.
The US is shit in this scenario… Cuba is no better. Israel is shit in this scenario… Palestine is no better. Russia is shit in everything that is going on… Ukraine is equally bad.
I can understand your confusion though when your understanding of history is a few cherry picked articles from the 21st century.
Continuing this conversation would be fruitless as we are obviously coming at this from two different perspectives. Good luck to you.
Oh damn, talk about a mask off moment 0_0
Yes, I do support nationalizing private land
Yikes… Good luck to you