That's not quite true. In Brazil, a few years ago, there was a case of a federal university that purchased Dell workstations for their labs. Dell told them to

That's not quite true. In Brazil, a few years ago, there was a case of a federal university that purchased Dell workstations for their labs. Dell told them to stop all relations with Cuba, including academic research as otherwise they wouldn't be able to fulfill the order because of the embargo. Even though the Brazilian arm of Dell is a Brazilian company, registered in the country and has to follow Brazilian laws, Dell US would be sanctioned if they allowed this transaction to happen. Last I heard, Brazilian Ministries and the Federal justice system were sueing Dell Brazil. I don't know what was the outcome and could never find information on it. Sure, they could try to source their lab computers elsewhere, but do you know of any computers that are 100% US-free?