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US blockade of Cuba

Is Trump letting Cuba get Russian oil because he's bogged down in Iran, and not ready for his manufactured humanitarian crisis in Cuba to peak yet?

I say "his" though of course America's sanctions against Cuba have been keeping it down for a long, long time.
 
Russia sending oil to Cuba?
Fine go ahead.

Mexico? Seize the ships!!

Reporter: Why was the administration ok with Russia sending that oil to Cuba and not other nations?

Leavitt: It was a decision that will continue to be made on a case-by-case basis for humanitarian and other reasons.

Reporter: Mexico is exploring different ways to restart shipments to Cuba. Is the admin ok with that?

Leavitt: We reserve the right to seize vessels if it is legally applicable…

Video in link
 
Andy_Ross said:
Russia sending oil to Cuba?
Fine go ahead.

Mexico? Seize the ships!!

Reporter: Why was the administration ok with Russia sending that oil to Cuba and not other nations?

Leavitt: It was a decision that will continue to be made on a case-by-case basis for humanitarian and other reasons.

Reporter: Mexico is exploring different ways to restart shipments to Cuba. Is the admin ok with that?

Leavitt: We reserve the right to seize vessels if it is legally applicable…

Video in link
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More honest paraphrase:

Russia sending oil to Cuba?
Maybe, on a case by case basis, and we reserve the right to seize vessels if it is legally applicable...

Mexico?
Maybe, on a case by case basis, and we reserve the right to seize vessels if it is legally applicable...
 
Department of State
@StateDept
SECRETARY RUBIO: The blackouts in Cuba have nothing to do with us.

They’re having blackouts because they have equipment from the 1950s in their grid that has never been maintained or upgraded because their leaders are incompetent
 
theprestige said:
Because sanctions provide a legal basis for seizing assets, if and when the administration decides the case merits seizing assets.
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Sanctions which are imposed or lifted at the whim of Trump. And his current whim is that sanctioned Russia should be unsanctioned to send Cuba oil but ally Mexico should be blocked. I wondered in what way this was fair or just. His justification for doing this was what I was asking about, not whether his caprice in wielding sanctions was backed by the force of law. Sorry to have been unclear.
 
Andy_Ross said:
Department of State
@StateDept
SECRETARY RUBIO: The blackouts in Cuba have nothing to do with us.

They’re having blackouts because they have equipment from the 1950s in their grid that has never been maintained or upgraded because their leaders are incompetent
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If it's nothing to do with your fuel blockade, why did you impose a fuel blockade?

I also wonder why Cuba is so impoverished that it hasn't been able to update its infrastructure. I expect it's because communists are stupid and not for any externally imposed reasons.
 
Sanctions DO NOT provide a legal basis for stopping or seizing ships in international waters or the coast of another country, as it's not Cuban or Russian or Mexican law allowing the US to do so.
This is just made up stuff, like the truly insane "arrest" of Maduro.

Stop pretending that the US is not just World Police but also Lawgiver and Judge.

The US is just a Pirate State
 
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