• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      If only the country 60 miles away from those communists, which is coincidentally the world’s largest oil producer, weren’t embargoing them.

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          8 months ago

          I didn’t know that, actually. I looked it up and found that while food and humanitarian aid aren’t blocked, they are required to be paid with cash and not credit. I can’t find any information about fuel being allowed. I could totally be wrong, but I couldn’t find any source to back it up.

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            8 months ago

            Most fuel in the Caribbean is bought from Mexico in any case. I know that the USVI is that way, and I suspect Puerto Rico does too. The cost of transport is less. Mexico has a delivery route for fuel through the islands. But, yes, there are barges sailing from the Port of Miami twice a week with a stop in Cuba. It can carry fuel.

            I just find it interesting how some love to blame the US first for issues in other countries.