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U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose
(www.reuters.com)
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Yes, you are right, de facto the UN has very little authority over countries. But however powerless, they can still try to nudge countries away from doing what they definitely shouldn't be doing through coordinating international opinion.
Cuba can talk to our Secretary of State just like any country wishing to change our relationship.
I'm sure they've never thought of that before. They should give you a job as head of their diplomatic corps with ideas like this.
Do you seriously think they haven't tried?
Trump resumed trade prohibitions. After that I don't know. But that is the way to change relationships. Last I heard, Cuba actually arrested some Russians for recruiting Cubans for the Ukraine War. Which was, I should think, a good sign. But, Cubans know the way to Blinken's office.
You keep saying that, implying that going to Blinken’s office would do fuck-all to change America’s 60+ year embargo when it obviously wouldn’t.
Actually, Obama started them on their way to normalization. Then Trump reapplied sanctions. So it wasn't a straight 60 years. They want to get on the path that they agreed to again, I'm sure SecState would be receptive. And that is the way it's done.
Stop implying that Cuba is the one dragging its feet. It’s the US’s unilateral embargo, which it can stop any time it wants with the stroke of a pen, as the US General Assembly has called for it to do every single year for the past 31 years.
What I'm implying is if Cuba wants normalization it knows how to get it. The way to get it is not through the UN. Has Cuba the one dragging feet? IDK, when was the last time they had a free and fair election?
Please spell it out for us, what does Cuba need to do to get America to act like a normal country? We know it has nothing to do with “free and fair elections,” because there are plenty of countries the US isn’t embargoing that don’t have that. The US Has No Business Lecturing Cuba About “Free and Fair” Elections
I'm not the Secretary of State. But I suppose it has something to do with improved human rights conditions and democratic reforms. The promotion of universal human rights and a person’s right to speak freely, peacefully assemble, and associate, and by supporting the ability of people to freely determine their future. The common stuff. The stuff Russia, Iran and North Korea don't do. The stuff Cuba is pretty terrible at.
Do you think the Secretary of State—who is facilitating genocide in Gaza as we speak—should be the world’s arbiter of universal human rights? If you look at the UN General Assembly vote on the matter, every year for the last 31 years, you will find that the world almost unanimously disagrees.
Who do you want as the arbiter? Hamas?
The UN should be the arbiter, that was literally the fucking point.
That's funny.