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Cuba 'on verge of total collapse' as country hit by blackouts and runs out of food and power
Daily Star ^ | March 19, 2024 | Joe Faretra

Posted on 03/19/2024 9:07:35 AM PDT by re_tail20

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To: re_tail20

This economic overview pretty much explains it:

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/cub

“ OVERVIEW
In 2022 Cuba was the number 161 economy in the world in terms of total exports and the number 154 in total imports.

EXPORTS
The top exports of Cuba are Rolled Tobacco ($275M), Nickel Mattes ($163M), Zinc Ore ($127M), Hard Liquor ($102M), and Raw Sugar ($67.2M), exporting mostly to China ($426M), Spain ($139M), Germany ($58.5M), Portugal ($43.3M), and Switzerland ($41.4M).

IMPORTS
The top imports of Cuba are Poultry Meat ($365M), Concentrated Milk ($115M), Soybean Oil ($108M), Corn ($105M), and Wheat ($102M), importing mostly from Spain ($812M), China ($404M), United States ($341M), Brazil ($290M), and Netherlands ($225M).“


21 posted on 03/19/2024 9:41:46 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: re_tail20

Lefties are flummoxed by those pesky infrastructure thingies.


22 posted on 03/19/2024 9:53:31 AM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: re_tail20

Dictatorships always fail, because dictators cannot stop themselves from stealing.

Upon conversion from a liberal market economy to dictatorship/planned economy the “thin veneer of hyper-competent individuals who keep the lights on and the water pure” are forced out, and soon the lights go out and the water turns brown. Venezuela, Cuba, South Africa, Haiti, the list keeps growing.


23 posted on 03/19/2024 9:58:56 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: OSHA

So says fata@@ philosopher moron Michael Moore. Why doesn’t he go to Cuba and “help them out” in their crisis- give them some money from his Canadian bank accounts. that’s legal.


24 posted on 03/19/2024 9:58:59 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: re_tail20

Get ready for another invasion. And you are racist if you notice it or acknowledge it.


25 posted on 03/19/2024 10:11:21 AM PDT by odawg
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To: re_tail20

Obama Cartel will bail Cuban communists out.


26 posted on 03/19/2024 10:18:45 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: re_tail20
Celebrity visitors hit hardest...


27 posted on 03/19/2024 10:23:22 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: re_tail20

Another communist country for Uncle Joe to spend our taxes on.


28 posted on 03/19/2024 10:26:23 AM PDT by Flint
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To: re_tail20

Another excuse by the left to enable a country to empty its prisons and send their inhabitants here.


29 posted on 03/19/2024 10:26:37 AM PDT by mbrfl
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To: re_tail20

Another win for Communism! That’s 2 in 2 weeks! (Cuba, Haiti,...)


30 posted on 03/19/2024 10:30:10 AM PDT by oil_dude
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To: re_tail20

Look how environmentally conscience they are. That should be the model for everywhere!


31 posted on 03/19/2024 10:33:41 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: princess leah
Why can’t we divert all illegals, er, I mean newcomers, to Cuba?

Hmmm... yes, the 'newcomers' could make use of Cuba's excellent free medical and social services that I've heard so much about. And Cuba would of course benefit from an influx of so many wonderful, hardworking, honest, virtuous folks. Heck, most of them share a common language.

I second your proposal.
32 posted on 03/19/2024 10:40:00 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: re_tail20

Communism. It’s to die for.


33 posted on 03/19/2024 10:47:15 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: re_tail20

A preview of where we’re heading.


34 posted on 03/19/2024 10:49:13 AM PDT by technically right
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To: Paladin2

Once upon a time, United Fruit would manage the agriculture, and JP Morgan would manage their finances. Cuba was wealthy back then.


35 posted on 03/19/2024 10:55:04 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: re_tail20

That’s a shame...


36 posted on 03/19/2024 11:20:39 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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37 posted on 03/19/2024 11:24:39 AM PDT by 4Liberty (My 2024 prediction: Biden will be 'eliminated' -- not Trump --and Deep State will suspend elections.)
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To: re_tail20

Trump could be the modern Reagan with a speech giving the communists 48 hours to get out of Cuba.


38 posted on 03/19/2024 11:44:51 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Truthsearcher

......”The Russian-Ukraine is vacuuming up most of the world’s available aid.”.......

Yes.


39 posted on 03/19/2024 11:54:07 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: rdcbn1

Support Israel? At least add Hamas and Gaza. Israel’s not feeling the love lately from Brandon. Maybe Hamas will have some food to sell to Cuba.


40 posted on 03/19/2024 11:54:20 AM PDT by xp38
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