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professordantae t1_jdfi3q3 wrote

Reply to comment by Pensive_Jabberwocky in As Cuba election day nears, some voters ask, 'why bother?' by Newgripper1221

Why wouldn’t we put economic repercussions on a regime that practices horrible human rights violations?

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Pensive_Jabberwocky t1_jdgr1je wrote

This is bullshit, if that was the case, the US would have embargoed half the world today.

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professordantae t1_jdgtgut wrote

Where else do you think we should put sanctions for human rights violations?

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Pensive_Jabberwocky t1_jdgtuqw wrote

We'll, let's begin with Saudi Arabia, and then we can continue down the list.

But the point here is that Cuba is under embargo, not just some economic sanctions, which means that their economy is severely isolated from the rest of the world. Their government may be garbage, but no government anywhere could have made a significant difference in a situation like this.

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