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Fake News Alert: The article makes repeated mention of a "U.S. Economic Blockade" against Cuba, which implies that the U.S. prevented other countries from tradi
by rhapsodic 10y ago
Fake News Alert: The article makes repeated mention of a "U.S. Economic Blockade" against Cuba, which implies that the U.S. prevented other countries from trading with Cuba. The U.S. merely had a trade embargo against Cuba that prevented U.S. companies and their foreign subsidiaries from doing business with Cuba. If Cuba's socialist economic system is as awesome as so many people say it is, it shouldn't rely on trade with a greedy rapacious capitalist neighbor in order to provide a decent standard of living for the people of Cuba.
- konschubert 10y agoMy approximate knowledge is that a ship that lands in Cuba is forbidden from entering a harbour in the US for several months after. This means that Cuba is effectively cut off from international container traffic. I don't have a strong opinion either way, but I think that this is relevant information when judging if there is an "Economic Blockade".
- rhapsodic 10y ago> My approximate knowledge is that a ship that lands in Cuba is forbidden from entering a harbour in the US for several months after. > This means that Cuba is effectively cut off from international container traffic. With the massive scope of the world shipping industry? Sorry, but I don't think your conclusion can be logically supported.
- vinay427 10y agoI know nothing about the container shipping industry, but why can't specific ships only be used for deliveries to countries besides Cuba, with other ships being used to countries besides the US?
- ptaipale 10y agoIt surely makes the management of ships more complex. When a country is small and trade volume is small, it's vastly simpler just to drop it off from the logistics chain when entering U.S. ports is important and volumes big. This was surely the point of the embargo.