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This guy was keeping Cuba alive. (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm confused, is Delcy Rodriguez not mostly continuing the same policy? I thought the Bolivarian Revolution was still going, in spite of them kidnapping Maduro.

Also, Cuba has I'm sure done immense work keeping itself alive against imperialist threats. They have struggled for a long time because of siege from a much more powerful country, but that doesn't mean they are helpless.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sadly, the US naval siege is still ongoing so Venezuela is unable to help Cuba. As evidence of this, the US still stealing oil tankers in the Caribbean and chased the ones that are currently helping Cuba.

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That makes more sense to me that it's because of the ramp up in US attacks. What I don't understand is the OP implication that Maduro is somehow the deciding factor here. Unless Venezuela has a fleet that can stand up to the US and it's not using it only because Maduro isn't there, I don't see how he is the difference.

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It has been debunked!

Source in this other comment -> https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10668800/7730658

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Thank you for keeping an eye out. 🫡

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Venezuela doesn't do that out of it's own will, remember they're military blockaded by US navy at this moment. It's very likely that's one of the stolen oil tankers 🤷

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

  1. That doesn't address the point about Cuba specifically.

  2. It is in question what's actually going on with that story. See: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10668800 Is there a source on the Venezuelan government explicitly approving it to normalize relations with israel? I'd think there'd be some kind of statement for a thing like that if the goal was to have ties.

I mean, the bloomberg source says:

Venezuela is sending its first crude oil cargo to Israel in years as the Latin American country’s exports open up following the capture of its president Nicolas Maduro.

The cargo is being transported to Bazan Group, the Mediterranean country’s top crude processor, people with knowledge of the deal said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

Why would they be all cagey about it if they're capitulating?

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

The US is stealing any oil tanker they can see in the Caribbean, lack of will is not the problem.