Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis (www.aljazeera.com)

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Fun fact: USSR provided Cuba provided with discounted oil in exchange for Cuban sugar at above market prices.

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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago

it only matters that they publicly appear to care; see kamala's reaction to the genocide and her continued popular support despite it for more details.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago

Democrats were all in a huff when Trump rolled back some of the pro-Cuban stuff that happened under Obama (despite those not being much help, if any), only to have Biden get elected and continue Trump's policies.