[Dilbert San Diego]

I never understand talk of how US economic sanctions hurt Cuba.

If communism is such a superior system of organizing your economy and society, why does a communist regime such as Cuba, need trade and relations with an “evil” capitalist country such as the US?

Or do the communist leaders of Cuba not really believe in communism as a superior system?

I’m clearly missing something.

[hal ogen]

Who cares??? They are responsible for their pathetic country.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

America does not trade with Cuba so that the rest of the world has some decent cigars to buy.

If ”The Great Satan” traded with Cuba, there would be nothing left for anyone else.

[aquila48]

Great rebuttal.

[bert]

The sanctions don’t prevent imports. Lack of money prevents imports.

Cuba is broke, flat broke.

Cuba has nothing the world needs. No sales, no money

[nuke_road_warrior]

The their Russian sugar daddy quit funneling aid into Castro’s pocket, spending on infrastructure (little as it was) pretty much stopped. During the cold war the USSR was happy to keep Cuba as a client state to a) annoy the USA and b) to have a base for exporting Russian style communism to the Western hemisphere.

With Uncle Vlad occupied in Ukraine, sorry Cuba no more money or equipment for you.

[klgator]

I never understand talk of how US economic sanctions hurt Cuba.

We visited Cuba a number of years ago. Infrastructure was crumbling then. I'm sure it's worse now They could buy from the EU or China. In fact, we rode on a Chinese bus. The problem is they don't generate any money. No industry to speak of. Just agriculture like most of the other Central and South American countries and islands.