US considering returning Cuba to terrorism list

[StogieSteve23]

3 hours ago, Ryan said:

It has been the perfect excuse for a poorly managed, corrupt economy.

"No Bread?", it's the Embargo!

"Buildings falling down killing people?" Embargo! etc.

I have heard several friends in Cuba say the same thing to this extent.  Very interesting to think about it from that perspective. 

[ElJavi76]

18 hours ago, nino said:

I am certain you will also disagree with the internal "embargo" placed on Cubans who want to use a public beach in Varadero but the Cuban gvmt prevents them and insists that it would be "molesting foreigners".

 

Nino, not only is this heartbreaking but at the same time it's infuriating. The idea that Cuban citizens can't bathe in a public beach ???. It's sad! I know you've seen plenty of things like this first hand and it's unsettling. 

[cigcars]

   *But I thought that once the Castro's were gone that all the animous against Cuba was supposed to disappear too.  Now we're saying that hostilities are STILL going on between the U.S. and Cuba??

 

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[PigFish]

Monroe Doctrine.

-the Pig

[Nino]

Update on food imports by Cuba from the US :

As the price of chicken has fallen considerably, Cuba imported over 16.500 tons of chicken this April from the US taking advantage of falling prices according to USDA information.

Blue is tonnage, red is value in $ milllions from Oct 19 to Apr 20 :

 

Source :

https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/regimen-cubano-aumenta-importacion-de-pollo-desde-estados-unidos/

 

[Meklown]

8 hours ago, nino said:

Update on food imports by Cuba from the US :

As the price of chicken has fallen considerably, Cuba imported over 16.500 tons of chicken this April from the US taking advantage of falling prices according to USDA information.

Blue is tonnage, red is value in $ milllions from Oct 19 to Apr 20 :

Source :

https://www.cubanet.org/noticias/regimen-cubano-aumenta-importacion-de-pollo-desde-estados-unidos/

 

I think I am lacking a bit of context here (sorry I don't have any knowledge of Spanish). It does not seem that the average price between Sep-Mar has really moved that much, and the decrease was exclusive to Apr. Yet, the increase in import volumes started in Jan (almost 4x in tonnes as compared to Dec). This suggests to me that the increase is not down to a reduction in prices, but rather 
- they started consuming 4x more chickens this year 
- they had a reason to stash chickens (info that COVID was arriving?)
- they had recently switched suppliers from another country to US (was there a particular reason for this?)

[Fuzz AI]

5 minutes ago, Meklown said:

I think I am lacking a bit of context here (sorry I don't have any knowledge of Spanish). It does not seem that the average price between Sep-Mar has really moved that much, and the decrease was exclusive to Apr. Yet, the increase in import volumes started in Jan (almost 4x in tonnes as compared to Dec). This suggests to me that the increase is not down to a reduction in prices, but rather 
- they started consuming 4x more chickens this year 
- they had a reason to stash chickens (info that COVID was arriving?)
- they had recently switched suppliers from another country to US (was there a particular reason for this?)

The increase in tonnage in January is easily explainable. Did you not know that on Valentine's Day, nothing says "I Love You" more than giving her a frozen chicken?

[Meklown]

38 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

The increase in tonnage in January is easily explainable. Did you not know that on Valentine's Day, nothing says "I Love You" more than giving her a frozen chicken?

Ohhh.... I've been doing it all wrong....

[Nino]

4 hours ago, Fuzz said:

The increase in tonnage in January is easily explainable. Did you not know that on Valentine's Day, nothing says "I Love You" more than giving her a frozen chicken?

Couldn't explain it better ... ?

[La_Tigre]

5 hours ago, Fuzz said:

The increase in tonnage in January is easily explainable. Did you not know that on Valentine's Day, nothing says "I Love You" more than giving her a frozen chicken?

I’ve heard the latest VD trend towards:

Wet Market Chicken Two Ways

[Ash Bridges]

This is really interesting. As an American, I hate our policy toward Cuba and really appreciated the increased diplomacy... uhhhh... until recently...

Economics definitely still drive the continuation of the current state of affairs, with a lot of US interests still seeking to be compensated for nationalized property ($1.9b in 1972 if I'm not mistaken, almost $17b in today's dollars). In addition, US companies won the right in US court to make cigars under the cuban brands that had been nationalized from them, which have then be sold and conglomerated many times over. Unwinding all of that would be a huge undertaking. What should happen to non-cuban Montecristos, R&J, Fonseca, Upmann, Partagas, Por Larrañaga, Punch, and all the others that dominate the US market and are owned by big, publicly traded companies, both in the US and elsewhere? I have no idea.

[SmokyFontaine]

The only part of Cuba that should be on the terrorism list is the person who rolled some absolute tent poles and put them in a Punch Punch box. That was an act of war. 

[Chibearsv]

18 hours ago, Fuzz said:

The increase in tonnage in January is easily explainable. Did you not know that on Valentine's Day, nothing says "I Love You" more than giving her a frozen chicken?

I gave her a fried chicken. Damn, screwed up again. Oh well, there’s always next year. 

[Fuzz AI]

1 hour ago, Chibearsv said:

I gave her a fried chicken. Damn, screwed up again. Oh well, there’s always next year. 

Rookie mistake.