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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

No the US is taking ships sailing oil to Cuba. It is not just sanctions.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Incorrect I think. There was that one Greek ship, but I think the US just threatened it with sanctions, not boarded it. So the threat of legal action, not the threat of force.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Wikipedia has a long list of sources for US seizures of oil tankers sailing to Cuba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_oil_blockade_during_Operation_Southern_Spear#Interdiction_activity

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
    • So taking the first one on that list:

    Moments before the seizure, the tanker was flying the Guyanese flag, despite not being registered in that country.

    It is legal to seize ships flying a false flag. So that seizure was not an illegal blockade by the US.

    • Second one is a Venezuelan one, which fair enough the US is acting illegally in all kinds of ways with Venezuela, nobody serious disputes that. But Venezuela is a special case.

    • Third one was a Panama flagged ship, and "Permission to board was obtained from Panama". So boarding that was legal.

    Etc etc I assume. My point being, it is not a complete blockade - the US is going out of their way to specify legality (excluding Venezuela...). The US is not going to illegally board the Russian ships heading for Cuba.

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