9mo ago

Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis

www.aljazeera.com

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

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9mo ago

Cuba forced to ‘paralyse economy’ amid desperate energy crisis

www.aljazeera.com /news/2024/10/18/cuba-forced-to-paralyse-economy-amid-desperate-energy-crisis

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come on Russia. im sure you need some tasty sugar, rum, cigars, etc. and you got all this oil that's complicated to sell on the U.S. dominated market
(but honestly wish China would just donate a bunch of solar panels or do a Belt & Road and build them some power plants in exchange for some port access or something)
- I'm sure the Hitlerian state of Amerikkka would be extremely chill about China having access to ports visible from Key West.
  
  the american state is a rabid animal with nothing in its mind but genocidal intent
- For reference, cuba's energy consumption is about 120 ~~MWh~~ GWh per year
part of me wants to call this the american gaza; but i think that's an injustice to the actual gaza considering what's been happening in the last year.
- It is a pretty hypocritcal thing tho how they are trying to act like they care about keeping innocent people fed while starving Cuba and allowing Israel to not just starve but slaughter Gazans.
  
  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.
- The actual Gaza is already the American Gaza given how much they support Israel
BRICS please come in clutch at the summit in a few days
Take Cuba off the state sponsors of terror list, Biden. We're not asking you to nationalize industries or end all wars. Just write a little note that costs you or your country nothing and will save thousands of lives. There was literally no factual basis for putting them on the list, it was Trump on his way out. You can even score political points by saying "look how terrible Trump was, it's over now."
It should be noted that Cuba is going through a lot but it’s still in better shape than Capitalist Haiti.
- A better comparison might be to the capitalist Dominican Republic, which is a very similar country both in culture and history. Cuba's nominal and PPP per capita GDP are very similar, and they have similar HDI.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_the_Dominican_Republic
  Yeah, it's not a Cuba thing but a general underdevelopment thing...

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