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On more than 30 occasions, the United Nations Assembly has discussed the blockade against Cuba, which costs the island 5 billion dollars annually, according to some estimates. Every year the resolution is proposed and the whole world, through the vote of the absolute majority of the member countries of the United Nations General Assembly, has condemned the imperialist attitude of the United States towards Cuba.

edit: result of the vote: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/system/cache/media_attachments/files/113/398/372/180/881/996/original/82c4d1f509e933fa.jpg

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

is this that kind of vote the us can always overturn for some reason?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

There are two tiers of UN. There’s the “I’m not a colonizer that’s willing to nuke people” tier, where the strongest outcome is “sternly worded email”; and then there’s the UN Permanent Security Council tier where you get an absolute veto power that cannot be questioned. The wiki is a very educating read

Edit: please tell me what part I am incorrect about if you disagree so hard that you downvote me out of the discussion.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't it just the permanent members of the UNSC with veto power?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

Correct, I could have been more specific.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago

I can't believe they're still trying to "contain the communism" of Cuba

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 13 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Why won't the rest of the world just ignore the blockade together?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago

When I was a kid, sweden did (IDK if they still do) so we had Cuba Cola there :-)

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 hours ago

Because nuclear bombs are horrifying.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 104 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

There is no blockade of Cuba. It's an embargo. There are no military ships blowing up anyone trying to trade with Cuba.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 17 points 14 hours ago

Surprised you're not being downvoted for calling out this disinformation, usually it's all the rage on Lemmy

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

If I were to start a business out of Miami, Florida that sent an oil tanker to Cuba, what would happen to that oil tanker?

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The company would be prosecuted and the ship seized the next time it docked at port. If the company was based in literally any other country, nothing would happen.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Do you actually believe the ship wouldn’t be intercepted with implied violence?

Let me guess, you also believe Republicans when they say abortion will be “left up to the states” right?

It's what has literally happened to ships that violated the Russian and Iranian sanctions in the last couple years.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 50 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Blockading Cuba has never made sense. If communism is an inferior failed system that can't compete with the freedom of Capitalism (cue heavenly sunbeams and angel choirs) why not leave Cuba alone and let nature take its course?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

This is why you get conspiracy theories that it was Cuba that assassinated President Kennedy: how else can we justify such extended sanctions when all the participants are long gone

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 44 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Noted socialist (/s) Hillary Clinton advocated for that very thing.

The real reason behind the embargo at this point is that it makes a small but important voting bloc of Cuban expats in Florida happy.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

That figures - gotta keep those campaign financiers happy.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 25 points 16 hours ago

That's really it. The start and end of why the embargo is even still there. It hurts both Cuba and (to a lesser extent) the United States. It benefits nobody, but there's some loudmouth Cuban expats who want you to believe Batista didn't have it coming.

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

Yep - it's one of the reasons Miami sees so much Trump support.

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