Cuba: From Cruise Ships To Warships – OpEd
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Six years ago, cruise ships from Miami were dropping off boatloads of U.S. visitors at Havana’s port on a daily basis. Since then, Carnival and Royal Caribbean have been replaced with Russian warships and a nuclear-powered submarine. The cruise ships had been a key part of Obama’s historic detente with Cuba in 2014. Trump rolled it all back, scrapping Obama’s policy of engagement in favor of economic warfare. Biden instead embraced Trump’s belligerent position. Under siege from the United States, Cuba turned to its old ally, Russia, for economic support. Russia has thrown Cuba an economic lifeline by increasing investment on the island, forgiving most of Cuba’s old debts, and becoming a major supplier of oil. Cuba’s increasing dependence on Russia’s economic support has brought the two countries closer in other ways. Cuba has moved unequivocally to Russia’s side, attending Moscow’s Victory Day parade and welcoming Russian warships and a nuclear-powered submarine. Under the weight of debilitating sanctions and with its economy in perpetual crisis, Cuba seems willing to accept assistance from wherever it can get it. There is no indication that the Cuban government or its people prefer Russia as an ally to the United States.
#Cuba #UscubaRelations #Russia #EconomicSupport #Sanctions
https://www.eurasiareview.com/03072024-cuba-from-cruise-ships-to-warships-oped/
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