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  • solariplex@slrpnk.nettoMemes@lemmy.ml•It's a simple world view
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    11 months ago

    I’m not a native English speaker, so there may be some nuance I miss out on. But as far as I can tell, the implication of what you wrote was

    • “Cuba is isolated because it wants to be”
    • “Doctors are fleeing Cuba in large numbers”
    • “Conditions are bad in Cuba”
    • “The US gets alot of doctors from abroad”

    I have good knowledge on point 1, limited knowledge on points 2&4, and somewhat decent info about point 2. I’m not disputing points 2,3&4.

  • solariplex@slrpnk.nettoMemes@lemmy.ml•It's a simple world view
    191·
    11 months ago

    It’s very misleading to say that “Cuba is keeping itself isolated”. Each year the UN votes to end the embargo/isolation imposed on Cuba by the US, with the vast majority of countries voting in favour of ending the blockade each time.

    In the latest vote, in November, only Israel and USA voted against ending the blockade. Ukraine abstained. 187 member states voted in favour of ending the blockade

    Make no mistake, the US is what has kept Cuba unjustly isolated for the past decades. Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1143112

    The US sees anything that could shake their narrative of the world as a threat, even when that ‘threat’ is unfounded, and they massively abuse their economic and military power around the globe to keep others in line.