https://nitter.net/IglesiasVilches/status/1671062461103894534

I wonder where these "economical difficulties" come from, though.

https://press.un.org/en/2022/ga12465.doc.htm

Also, 1. is bullshit too, there are US military bases 0 miles away from China, they have one in Hong Kong (EDIT: used to, was removed by the government in 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3046733/hong-kongs-fenwick-pier-be-demolished-after-serving-united ) and another in Taiwan.

    • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      1. Sanctions on trade with Cuba for the last 63 years

      2. Tourism revenue dropping like a rock in 2020 and not recovering to previous levels and thus worsening access to imports

      3. Infrastructure problems due to the problems cited above having sporadically persisted over the last 33 years

      4. Relatively low support for the Government compared to previous years except for maybe the 1990s - even if less so compared to a couple of years ago.

      5. Modest trading agreements with allies, including even China, often due to similar economic/political problems faced by these governments (Venezuela, Iran) and trading partners without shared interests (the EU, especially Spain) also having economic problems

      6. Fuel shortages due to continued difficulties in Venezuela and the natural-disaster caused (a lightning strike, of all things) destruction of a major storage facility in Matanzas last year.

      7. Wave of Emigration since the start of the current economic crisis.

      8. High Inflation due to all of the above, as well as the currency reform abolishing the Convertible Peso and the legalization of small and medium sized businesses (MIPYMES).

      The worst of the crisis is probably over (unless something goes very wrong in the next few months), but Cuba is a country that keeps rolling 1s in recent years unfortunately.