Posted on 11/23/2022 4:35:59 PM PST by marcusmaximus
In a visit to Moscow, Miguel Díaz-Canel showed his support for Russia’s leader, in exchange for the postponement of debt payments.
Cuba and Russia are united by sanctions and historic confrontations with the United States. On Tuesday, the leaders of the two countries – Miguel Díaz-Canel and Vladimir Putin – met in Moscow to strengthen their bond.
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“We denounce the sanctions against Russia and the sources of the current conflict… make no mistake, Russia is not responsible,” the Cuban president said at the beginning of his meeting with Putin. He went on to accuse Washington of expanding NATO “in an unacceptable manner” towards the Russian border, while praising “the vigorous historical analysis” that Putin has used to justify his armed offensive and the annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory.
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Before holding their meeting, Díaz-Canel and Putin inaugurated a monument to Fidel Castro in the Moscow neighborhood of Sókol. It wasn’t a long ceremony: the homage to the man who ruled Cuba with an iron fist for nearly half-a-century was cut short, as freezing rain covered the Russian capital with ice.
“Together, we will further strengthen our alliance and defend the great values of freedom, equality and justice,” Putin said during the ceremony, as a group of Russian soldiers in formal dress laid bouquets of flowers next to the statue.
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The deferment of debt repayments to Russia that Díaz-Canel managed to secure just before the invasion began has been essential. The state-led Cuban economy is in ruins; more than 200,000 Cubans have fled the island in 2022, desperate to make a living elsewhere.
Cuba defaulted on its Russia debt in 2020 and asked for more time. Now, under tougher sanctions, the Kremlin needs revenue more than ever, but Cuba still can’t pay up.
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Did we dress up like Russian troops again to cause trouble?
At least, that's what JoeTatoe told Jill this morning... 
Is that Mrs. Bill Clinton holding the bouquet?
The Cuban dictator probably did not mean those words as they stand.
They are correct, however.
It could better have been stated as: Russia is irresponsible.
“Accelerate and keep pushing until the entire capitalist structure collapses under its own weight” - Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan to Putinists is like Holy Water to vampires.
Hmmm, the ol’ goose-stepping Russian soldiers
what other country had those?
oh yeah, Nazi Germany
Not for me it’s not I can’t help it from communist don’t believe in Zelensky either you believe in old media and neoconservatism and globalism and woke ism try defending that
Just because you think Russia is still in the Cold War doesn’t change who your friends are
Reagan was 45 years ago, or in political terms where a day is a lifetime, somewhere around 12 BC
Bear in mind that Biden’s clown show is trying to revive S. FL US Banks obamaumao had set up to take in Communist generated funds from “sales” of their nearly non-existent economy. When Raul Castro was still in control, and obamaumao “opened up” Commie Cuba... with a Rolling Stones concert (paid for by the foreign legations in Havana, and the US also) and a baseball game between Cuban Nacional team and US. Complete with an “interview” with the paedophile Raul Castro. So now it is this clown canel, and the Russia outreach in our own backyard. The ghost of Che’ and Fidel laugh at the human destruction.
Russia’s friends: Cuba, Iran, North Korea. Crapholes now. Crapholes back then.
Look at that gang of WEF stooges. Includes the commie BLM dude Van Jones, NYC mayor in place adams and the CRIMINAL ponzi bit coin schemer, mixed in with the CEO of BlackRock (the Chi-Com property liquidator steal our land from under our feet- farms, factories and homes) What idiots would share a stage with this— well clearly the DealBook is what it is about— would not read ONE of their books- all useless twits and narcissistic post modern LOSERS.
They will all be swept away by their intentional destruction of all that is good in the US.
And... Sears Roebuck pricing— $2499???? they left off the 99 cents to “make it sound cheap”. Can’t make this up.
Pence is a joke— a solid joke in this crew of book hustlers. And the dynamic trio of Janet Yellen, Zuckerburg the crazed one, and the soon to be dead (if not sold out) Zelenskyy!! Yeah- that’s one hell of a ticket. Bibi— what the hell are YOU doing there contracting out for Shin Bet?
Democrats must be conflicted over that statement.
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