They can trade with just about any other country in the world.
>> “They [the Cubans] can trade with just about any other country in the world.” <<
Yes, they’ve had over half a century to develop trade with others. Besides, the Communist line used to be that the United States exploited the third-world countries it traded with. Yet now they complain that it harms them by not trading with them. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
They can trade with just about any other country in the world.
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Also, the Russian communists gave Castro massive subsidies but communism still failed there.