• Redcuban1959 [any]
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    9 days ago

    It's not like the Cuban goverment was expecting anything good to come from the US. Even Biden attempted a coup in 2021, which failed. I don't think Russia or China will ever let the Cuban goverment fall because it's a very important strategic ally of them.

    • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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      9 days ago

      I don't think Russia or China will ever let the Cuban goverment fall because it's a very important strategic ally of them.

      They need to step the fuck up then.

      Between China, Russia, and Mexico, they have reliable, sovereign partners for energy, infrastructure, defense, technology, and food. They can twart the US blockade. Russia is already near maximally sanctioned by the US, so they have no reason to not be making regular shipments of Russian oil/gas and goods from China and Mexico.

      One of those situations that highlights how devastating the collapse of the Soviet Union was for the world.

      • MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian [he/him]
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        9 days ago

        One of those situations that highlights how devastating the collapse of the Soviet Union was for the world.

        very much

        this is why shit on anyone that says they didn't support the USSR after Stalin ,Even if the USSR was revisionist ,it was still better for the world ,The USSR's dissolution as well of the collapse of the eastern bloc also fucked the Palestinian Struggle over ,we would have been a much more botched version of the "decolonization" of South Africa but Israel refused to even give Area's B and C to the PA and Sharon's visit to Al-Aqsa pretty much killed any chance of any "peaceful" resolution ever happening

        The USSR's illegal dissolution was a tragedy for the world

    • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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      9 days ago

      True. I hope you are right. It feels like China and Russia never rock the boat much, so I've not had much hope for them. Also Mexico has been very good lately. They just sent a ton of oil.

      • ProletarianDictator [none/use name]
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        9 days ago

        China and Russia have been somewhat disappointing, but I have been pleasantly surprised with how much support they have received from Latin America.

        China's foreign policy has been so good for making themselves indispensable to the global economy, but at the expense of doing cool shit to counter the west.

        • Redcuban1959 [any]
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          9 days ago

          I think Xi personally is very interested in good relations with Latin America and Africa. He used to grant a lot of loans for Argentina before Milei got elected. Now it seems Xi is very interested in good relations with Brazil (Huge Market, Protectionist Economy, the CPC wants closer relations with the Workers' Party, huge Asian Population and Influence, closer military ties with Chinese troops training with Brazilian troops and US troops in there), theres going to be the G20 meeting in Rio, and it seems Xi really wants to talk with Lula.

      • Redcuban1959 [any]
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        9 days ago

        I remember that the closest the US came to overthrowing the Venezuelan government (apart from the 2002 coup, which did remove Chávez from power, but there was a counter-coup a few days later) was in 2019. Russia sent some soldiers and warships to help Maduro, then Trump was defeated by Joe Biden. Initially, Biden decided to follow an agreement that Spain and Norway were making, then Colombia and Brazil joined in, which would guarantee that the US would remove most of the sanctions against Venezuela, which lasted until 2024. The US returned with the sanctions, except for the oil ones. Biden also didn't pay for the repair of Venezuela's oil extraction industry, as he had promised.