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US & Israel oppose entire world in UN vote to end Cuba blockade (geopoliticaleconomy.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The author needs to learn the difference between a blockade and an embargo. Cuba hasn't been under blockade since the end of the missile crisis.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's very much a blockade in practice since it prevents the vast majority of companies of any country from trading with Cuba.

There are very few companies that would survive competition by sacrificing trade with the nearby US to trade with Cuba instead the way the "embargo" forces them to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's an embargo.

A blockade is military stopping traffic. "Effectively a blockade" is an embargo.