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Marksman_91

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32. Exactly, a US embargo

Reply to Mika (Reply #30)

Tue Sep 2, 2014, 10:56 PM

Sep 2014

Meaning it's an embargo that only stops any trade with te US and nobody else. They're still free to trade with any other country they wish. Hell, Canada is a big US buddy and is right next to them, and they trade freely with Cuba. Is trade with the US so important that that's what's keeping Cuba from developing? Please, tell me, from the viewpoint of an economist who's an expert on the US embargo, how it's keeping Cuba from realizing its full potential. And none of your anecdotal bs from your clearly pro-Castro Cuban friends, I mean actual numbers that economists worldwide can agree on.

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Imagine: Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2014 OP

Imagine the shittiest internet access on the planet. MADem Aug 2014 #1

How many articles with the address of the author do you see? n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #2

Read what you posted--the author provides his location (in a fashion). nt MADem Aug 2014 #5

Typical answer from you. Mika Aug 2014 #3

Tossing personal insults because I dare to offer a factual observation? MADem Aug 2014 #4

An hour? Factual? You are clueless. Mika Aug 2014 #6

Now, see, YOU can use that when you're defending your viewpoint of Cuba Marksman_91 Aug 2014 #12

If she's talking to her Cuban friends on text/facebook, she's friends with members of the regime. MADem Aug 2014 #15

Are you referring to DU'er Mika as a "she"? Wrong. Ask DU'ers who've read his posts for years. Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #16

Mika is a woman's name. If Mika is a male and I've addressed him the wrong way, he can tell me. MADem Aug 2014 #17

I already have addressed my male gender with you. You forgot. Mika Aug 2014 #19

Well, do pardon me. It wasn't an intentional mischaracterization. I'll try to do better in future. MADem Aug 2014 #20

Zun-Zeneo was using cellphone text messages. No internet access was involved. n/t Oele Sep 2014 #22

REALLY? Your "Cuban Friends" are thick as thieves with the Castro regime, then. MADem Aug 2014 #14

Uniformed and mostly uniteligible. Mika Aug 2014 #18

You don't have to be "personal friends with Fidel himself" to have influence within the oligarchy. MADem Aug 2014 #21

Cuban internet access EX500rider Sep 2014 #24

Cubans have been able to buy computers since 2008. Mika Sep 2014 #26

DU is still rife with crusty old Cold Warriors, you see Scootaloo Sep 2014 #27

Found an article you may not have seen: "Cuba's Model of Development: Lessons for Global Education" Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #7

But but but, without high speed internets all of that is meaningless. Mika Aug 2014 #10

What good is health, a long life, education, sense of community, no homelessness, Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #11

Here's where he seems to get his best material! Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #23

Why doesn't that seem to be a problem in huge reports by groups like the U.N.? Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #9

Yeah..."huge reports from the UN!" MADem Aug 2014 #13

Cuba tops the class in UN development report Judi Lynn Aug 2014 #8

"a crippling economic blockade" EX500rider Sep 2014 #25

Pulling out the old canard, I see. Mika Sep 2014 #28

Blockade. EX500rider Sep 2014 #29

Yes words do have meanings. Sometimes more than one. Imagine that. Mika Sep 2014 #30

Yes there is a embargo...no there is not a blockade. EX500rider Sep 2014 #31

Exactly, a US embargo Marksman_91 Sep 2014 #32

A couple of f'r instances taken from earlier discussions DU'ers have had here re: US embargo on Cuba Judi Lynn Sep 2014 #33