Yeah that doesn’t seem heathy, any more than thier trade deficits last year. The article even mentions energy export surplus and spells out that Argentina isn’t using the hydrocarbons locally.
If locals can’t pay for the products, export them!
At today’s spot price $100,000,000 of 24k gold weighs about 1140kg
… in case anyone was wondering
edit: huh. I was wondering if cash weighed more and the answer is no, if a $100 bill weighs 1g then $100,000,000 in $100 bills weighs 1000kg
Maybe not even the embargoes but that terrorist definition is keeping Cuba out of most of the banking systems and it’s pretty stupid.
Well, three years of legal market economy businesses under their belt, it seems that quite a bit of inertia remains. I don’t know what’s up with their sugar crops, sucks they have failed lately. IMO Cuba should bring in some outside investment, probably from China, and like the Chinese are telling them… stop being so damn vertical. That shit doesn’t work long term.
Looks like hurricane Oscar just hit them today, I hope they ask for and receive emergency assistance. The people are going to need it.
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Or OpenWRT on a thrift store Linksys
I disagree with the sanctions. Hell, we trade with worse regimes every day. Lifting the sanctions would help the residents of Cuba immensely. The “sticking point” of the nationalized property back in '59 should be moot. It’s not about making property owners whole at this point, it’s about helping the people of Cuba. That is non-negotiable for the expats though.
The Castro’s fault? Absolutely.
My solar panels came from China, theirs can too. Cuba doesn’t have a single West German engineered power plant, those parts don’t come from modern Germany.
Embargoes (and especially the terrorist definition) are a big stumbling block but don’t act like corruption and terrible mismanagement aren’t the bulk of modern Cuba’s problems.
Naw, all that is still good to go.
Their real problem is dependence on Venezuela for fuel and since Maduro has fucked up that economy so completely they aren’t getting the oil they need. Doesn’t stop Cuba from blaming the embargoes though, I guess some people still believe it.
I mean, maybe they can’t pay for enough oil because they are broke but I’d think that Venezuela has enough problems they can’t help out with a socialist solidarity deal like Chavez used to give them.
Fucking Okies
I sneakernet shows to my buddy who doesn’t torrent. A couple of thumbdrives that we’ve been passing back and forth for about 5 years
I wonder how many missiles Iran has. Thousands? Tens of thousands?
It’s Eliot Cohen. That dude has been beating the drum for war with Iran for more than 20 years.
“That report and its flagrant untruths will haunt us.” --Stacy Gilbert
Senior civil military advisor who resigned over the report. Gave up her career in government because of the lies.
Oh bullshit. Venezuela has so much goddamn oil they don’t even need the USA. Hell, they are a founding member of OPEC. Poor governance and over the top corruption has ruined their economy. They produced millions of barrels of oil under Chavez. Maduro is just a fucker.
I doubt Russia has any secret programs these days. They certainly have the attention of all Nine Eyes.
MSF has been in Russia since 1992 but said it received notice in August from the Justice Ministry that its office was removed from the register of nongovernmental organizations.
Sounds like they were kicked out
woah woah woah! I don’t see a protest around here!
Eh, I’m sure that my FBI guy and my Met guy have coffee together anyway.
Next do beer!
I dare you Parliament.