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Cuba running on fumes as Canada considers sending relief
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-12-09
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Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cuba-canada-embargo-aid-9.7100202

"Canada is monitoring the situation carefully and is concerned about the increasing risk of a humanitarian crisis on the island," said Global Affairs Canada's Charlotte MacLeod in a written statement shared with CBC News.
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HellsBelle sh.itjust.works HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-18
#2 · Quote Reply

We should have already booked the cargo ships and started loading them by now.

Mf'ing gov't sitting on its ass doing sfa to help Cuba.
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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
#3 · Quote Reply

  1. I'm glad we're considering it

  2. Launch the damned ships already.
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StinkyFingerItchyBum lemmy.ca Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-26
#4 · Quote Reply
HellsBelle wrote:
We should have already booked the cargo ships and started loading them by now. Mf'ing gov't sitting on its ass doing sfa to help Cuba.

We sat on our asses for years as their crisis got worse. Help is better late than never, but fuck could those innocent people use a little help right now.

Solar panels and inverters would be useful.
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minorkeys lemmy.world minorkeys@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-12
#5 · Quote Reply
HellsBelle wrote:
We should have already booked the cargo ships and started loading them by now. Mf'ing gov't sitting on its ass doing sfa to help Cuba.

Because running the US blockaid certainly isn't something to consider....let's just blindly do what we feel with zero regard for the consequences....
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SpaceCowboy lemmy.ca SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-17
#6 · Quote Reply
HellsBelle wrote:
We should have already booked the cargo ships and started loading them by now. Mf'ing gov't sitting on its ass doing sfa to help Cuba.

If Cuba were a democracy then sure. But it's not. So it's authoritarian vs. authoritarian. No matter what you do, you're helping an authoritarian asshole.
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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#7 · Quote Reply
minorkeys wrote:
Because running the US blockaid certainly isn't something to consider....let's just blindly do what we feel with zero regard for the consequences....

"Blockaid" is what it does. "Blockade" is what it is.
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Skua kbin.earth Skua@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-03-17
#8 · Quote Reply
SpaceCowboy wrote:
If Cuba were a democracy then sure. But it's not. So it's authoritarian vs. authoritarian. No matter what you do, you're helping an authoritarian asshole.

You don't have to like Cuba's government to have some sympathy for the people. Countries regularly send food aid to North Korea when its people are starving
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