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Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba’s assets if regime falls (www.theguardian.com)
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Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions

Spanish hotel chains. A Canadian mining firm. European shipping giants. Visa and Mastercard. Scores of foreign companies have been driven out of Cuba this summer over fear of being hit with potent, new secondary sanctions. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told Axios last month there are “no escape valves” from his unprecedented pressure campaign against the island.

But not everybody is losing out. A growing cast of Washington and Florida insiders – from billionaire Trump cronies and Rubio-linked lobbyists to Cuban exiles – are jockeying for control of the communist-ruled island-nation’s key assets, charging top dollar to help clients navigate the ever-expanding web of sanctions, and positioning themselves for lucrative business opportunities in the case of regime collapse.

Since an executive order signed by Donald Trump on 1 May drove Canada’s Sherritt International from its nickel and cobalt mining joint venture with the Cuban state, two rival US bids to buy out its stake have been presented to US authorities.

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[–] -3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Gusanos is probably the only Spanish you know. Stop making up bullshit narratives.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    No? I took several years of Spanish. I'm by no means fluent, but the idea that I'm inventing the concept of Cuban exiles requires no Spanish, just simple googling.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Yeah you might want to read your own Wikipedia article before you generalize Cuban refugees as slave owning “gusanos”.

    That article actually lines up with my lived experience as a Hispanic person growing up with Cubans.

    They were many waves of people fleeing for different reasons, but mostly poor people wanting a better life, and as that article points out, minorities being persecuted by socially conservative Cubans.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago

    Cuban exiles would come from various economic backgrounds, usually reflecting the emigration wave they were a part of. Many of the Cubans who would emigrate early were from the middle and upper class, but often brought very little with them when leaving Cuba.

    Right there. I never denied that various groups also left Cuba, but we have to understand, the driving factor for why so many Cubans are far-right is that the major force that left Cuba were the exiles that fled socialism.

    Or, are you saying that Cubans are genetically far-right, and that class has no impact? Why would Cuba itself remain socialist with popular support for the government then?

    Why are Miami Cubans generally far-right, in your own terms?

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