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Cuban Americans for Cuba statement on #MarcoRubio's "report" (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116957708008515660

Cuban Americans for Cuba statement on #MarcoRubio's "report"

from #Instagram July 20, 2026
[see other post for Spanish version]

#USHandsOffCuba #OilForCuba
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Statement on Cuba (background is flag of Cuba) Top - large, bold text: Marco Rubio's new report on Cuba is nothing but instigation and warmongering Below - normal text: "Cuban Americans for Cuba" condemns the State Department's release of "Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism" as nothing more than an act of instigation and warmongering. As the US maintains over 6 decades of economic warfare through the blockade on Cuba, it seeks to justify its genocidal policy against the Cuban people with further pretext from Marco Rubio's State Department. This document is not serious policy analysis. It reads like a document assembled to confirm a predetermined conclusion rather than to inform one, thin on evidence and heavy on the kind of generic, sweeping language that raises real questions about how it was produced and who it was produced for. We would take that less seriously if the stakes were not so high. The blockade this report exists to justify has measurable human costs: shortages of medicine and basic goods, a healthcare system starved of supplies, a power grid that collapses for lack of fuel and parts the U.S. embargo keeps out of reach. These are the daily conditions of millions of Cubans, including our own families. As Cuban Americans, we reject the State Department's attempts to escalate tensions between our two homelands. Cuba poses no threat to the American people. We call for engagement and an end to the blockade that has starved our people for over 60 years.

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[–] 7 points 3 months ago*

As the US maintains over 6 decades of economic warfare [...] on Cuba

This deserves emphasis. The Cuban people have shown remarkable resilience in the face of economic sanctions first started by president John F Kennedy in fucking 1962. While Republicans are the face of white nationalist fascism, let's not forget how establishment Democrats, continuing to support the status quo, lead us to this point in history.

The same could be said about ICE, Guantanamo Bay, mass government surveillance, police militarization, the Pentagon budget, support for Israel, and the list goes on.

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    [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    yet Cuban Americans vote Republican in droves

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  • [+] -7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Ok but do you have proof the member of this particular org voted for republicans? Also dem leadership also support the blockade

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    They're pointing out that this is like having a group called Far-Right Evangelical Christians for Abortion.

    Sure, there is a very small percentage of that demographic who are pro-choice, but the vast majority are not.

    The Cuban diaspora in America is overwhelmingly right-wing, religiously anti-communist, and incredibly toxic to American politics.

    So good on this group for speaking out, but it's fair to acknowledge that, by and large, that is not how Cubans in America feel, and definitely not representative of how their outsized political power is generally expressed.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Deport Micro Rubio to Gitmo now!

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