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Severely embarrassing the US government? Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in

Severely embarrassing the US government? Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Cuba ; The World Bank acknowledges that Cuba's life expectancy at birth exceeds that of the United States

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aerique 3y ago
Not a particularly high bar.
gruez 3y ago
You should at least do a search before making a snarky comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_(U.S._list)#Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_(U...
- sofixa 3y ago
  > Cuba was added to the list on March 1, 1982, on the basis that it has a history of supporting revolutionary movements in Spanish-speaking countries and Africa That's hilarious. It's after the CIA sponsored coups against democratically elected leftists, like infamously in Chile. So it's a problem when Cuba supports movements, but not when the US does it? Or was it just "fascism is better than anything even remotely to the left"? Also, "when was the last time" being answered with the 1980s, when we're in 2023 is downright embarrassing.
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  - cuteboy19 3y ago
    It's a problem when America invades Cuba but not when Cuba invades Angola? Whataboutism can work both ways
    - sofixa 3y ago
      Cuba didn't "invade" Angola, they sent troops to support one of the two factions in the Civil War.
      - cuteboy19 3y ago
        People have used the same justification for invasion since the time of the Roman republic. Let us not take justifications for imperialism at face value
- otikik 3y ago
  I don't think that link reinforces the position you seem to think it reinforces.
- oefrha 3y ago
  You should read up on Operation Condor.
hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
> Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens? I've never been there, but my friend who's from Cuba says that hospitals, like all institutions in Cuba, more often than not lack the absolute basics.

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aerique 3y ago

Not a particularly high bar.

gruez 3y ago

You should at least do a search before making a snarky comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_(U.S._list)#Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_(U...

sofixa 3y ago
> Cuba was added to the list on March 1, 1982, on the basis that it has a history of supporting revolutionary movements in Spanish-speaking countries and Africa That's hilarious. It's after the CIA sponsored coups against democratically elected leftists, like infamously in Chile. So it's a problem when Cuba supports movements, but not when the US does it? Or was it just "fascism is better than anything even remotely to the left"? Also, "when was the last time" being answered with the 1980s, when we're in 2023 is downright embarrassing.
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- cuteboy19 3y ago
  It's a problem when America invades Cuba but not when Cuba invades Angola? Whataboutism can work both ways
  - sofixa 3y ago
    Cuba didn't "invade" Angola, they sent troops to support one of the two factions in the Civil War.
    - cuteboy19 3y ago
      People have used the same justification for invasion since the time of the Roman republic. Let us not take justifications for imperialism at face value
otikik 3y ago
I don't think that link reinforces the position you seem to think it reinforces.
oefrha 3y ago
You should read up on Operation Condor.

hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago

> Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens? I've never been there, but my friend who's from Cuba says that hospitals, like all institutions in Cuba, more often than not lack the absolute basics.