I’m sure Cuba thinks the blockade on it is totally fine and doesn’t constitute a similar crime like Israel withholding aid to Palestinians. Or attacking a sovereign state and kidnapping it’s leader. Or attacking a sovereign state and killing multitudes of civilians. And that’s just the past year.
I agree Russia, China, Israel bad - but to think the US isn’t so fucking far up there with them, not just now but historically, is really not giving enough “credit” where it’s due.
1- I’m not comparing, there’s no comparison of a decades long genocide. I’m drawing a parallel that blockading of civilian used goods for an entire population is inherently evil/bad. It didn’t all of a sudden become evil post-2023.
2- it’s not a “counter-argument”. Someone made an opinion statement, not an argument, and I am making the argument.
Cuba maintains trade relations with 160 different countries. The US doesn’t prevent them from trading with other countries and doesn’t block ships to and from Cuba. They just block US companies from trading with Cuban businesses.
Apart from the other answer talking about the very recent escalation, which is a physical blockade to completely starve the island, about the embargo itself: it has been voted on several times in the UN in order to stop it, but it’s always being vetoed by USrael. It’s a grave human rights violation with the explicit aim to cripple the small island in every dimension.
How does the embargo actually work? It‘s not really true, that it‘s not preventing other countries from trading with Cuba, as the reality looks like this: every company that trades with the tiny island will be barred from trading with the world‘s superpower USA. Guess what happens? Almost no company does actively trade with Cuba, as it would automatically lose access to the huge US market. It‘s an economic blockade to actively prevent Cuba from developing.
The U.S. military has seized ships that have supported Cuba. And in recent days, vessels roaming the Caribbean Sea in search of fuel for Cuba have come up empty or been intercepted by the U.S. authorities.
While President Trump has pledged to halt any oil headed to Cuba, the Trump administration has stopped short of calling its policy a blockade.
But it is functioning as one.
At the same time, the largest U.S. military presence in the Caribbean in decades is policing the waters around the island, fresh off its work blocking oil shipments to and from Venezuela ahead of the U.S. capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, last month.
I’m sure Cuba thinks the blockade on it is totally fine and doesn’t constitute a similar crime like Israel withholding aid to Palestinians. Or attacking a sovereign state and kidnapping it’s leader. Or attacking a sovereign state and killing multitudes of civilians. And that’s just the past year.
I agree Russia, China, Israel bad - but to think the US isn’t so fucking far up there with them, not just now but historically, is really not giving enough “credit” where it’s due.
Is your counter-argument seriously “I’ll now compare Palestine to Cuba”
1- I’m not comparing, there’s no comparison of a decades long genocide. I’m drawing a parallel that blockading of civilian used goods for an entire population is inherently evil/bad. It didn’t all of a sudden become evil post-2023.
2- it’s not a “counter-argument”. Someone made an opinion statement, not an argument, and I am making the argument.
Also, people confuse comparison with equation.
i mean it’s the internet. some people confuse understanding with endorsement.
A trade embargo is not the same as a blockade.
Cuba maintains trade relations with 160 different countries. The US doesn’t prevent them from trading with other countries and doesn’t block ships to and from Cuba. They just block US companies from trading with Cuban businesses.
Apart from the other answer talking about the very recent escalation, which is a physical blockade to completely starve the island, about the embargo itself: it has been voted on several times in the UN in order to stop it, but it’s always being vetoed by USrael. It’s a grave human rights violation with the explicit aim to cripple the small island in every dimension. How does the embargo actually work? It‘s not really true, that it‘s not preventing other countries from trading with Cuba, as the reality looks like this: every company that trades with the tiny island will be barred from trading with the world‘s superpower USA. Guess what happens? Almost no company does actively trade with Cuba, as it would automatically lose access to the huge US market. It‘s an economic blockade to actively prevent Cuba from developing.
Nope, it’s a blockade - the US seizes vessels that try to trade with Cuba. That’s why it’s been such big news. Have you been living under a rock?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/world/americas/cuba-oil-blockade-trump.html