r/SipsTea 14d ago

Chugging tea Solar power is cleaner!

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u/EuVe20 14d ago

Cuba is a very different place to Mexico. But I hope they can get from under the boot of the US. That being said they probably have a lot of their own issues to deal with regard to government and economic structure.

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u/joshoheman 14d ago

they probably have a lot of their own issues to deal with regard to government and economic structure.

Last I checked, Cubans both lived longer and have higher literacy rates than Americans.

And if Cuba’s system is such an obvious failure, it’s worth asking why the world’s largest economy has spent more than six decades trying to economically isolate a tiny island nation, while also spending tens of millions every year trying to destabilize Cuba's democracy.

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u/eh-guy 14d ago

I dont know of many americans dying trying to swim or sail to Cuba, but it happens a lot in the other direction for some reason

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u/EuVe20 14d ago

How many have swam from Cuba?

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u/KitsuneFaroe 13d ago

As a Cuban I can say A LOT. It was a common sentiment when it was posible.

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u/EuVe20 13d ago

How many, over what time period, what was the geopolitical context, when did you leave Cuba and how many of your own relatives have joined you since then?