CUBA - end the sanctions

[El Commandante]

There is a petition if anyone is interested for the sanctions on Cuba to be lifted. They have been in place for over 30 years and it is time that they were lifted. If you agree then sign this petition at:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Cuba

Thanks for any help.

[Freiheit]

does everyone know which countries participates at the sanctions?

[El Commandante]

The only country with firm sanctions on Cuba is America, but many countries followed suite without declaring it in an effort to maintain good relations with America.

[Naive]

thanks for posting that link el commandante!

[El Commandante]

No problem, all you have to do is spread the word about it.

[Freiheit]

is there also some intranational (in the usa) resistance against the sanction?

[El Commandante]

There is loads of resistance from corporations in America, companies like Barcardi and United Fruit are still demanding compensation.

Do you know what I say to them, go to hell!

[El Commandante]

Also all Cuban products are completely illegal in America, that ranges from sugar cane all the way down to cuban cigars, so the whole economy is hit greatly.

[Freiheit]

actually, almost 300 millions americans support this unhuman sanction?

[El Commandante]

Funnily enough the majority of signatures for the petition have come from america, so I don't know how true that is. They reason that they support it is, they are not given the other side of the arguement, the media will never show the misery that it causes.

[revolutionary spirit]

i signed

[El Commandante]

Thank you for your display of solidarity comrade, your support is invaluable.

[Freiheit]

a problem of the represantative democracy is that there is a 'class' of politicians which rules the country. it is an oligarchy. and the population cant do to much against it.

[El Commandante]

Thats rubbish, this is a country had started a revolution, if they can do it once then if they wanted to they could do it again. But they don't want to. They can see the improvements (health care, education, life expectancy) and know things would be much better without the embargo. If you think it is an oliarchy then why was it a people's revolution, why are there mass unforced demonstrations of support for the government.

Also if you say, why aren't there more political parties in Cuba, it is because they aren't the ones who fought and bled for the revolution. Why should the reigns be handed over to them to do damage to the country again.

[El Commandante]

Thanks for the support that people are giving the petition, it is evident that people from here are signing it. We just have to spread it to more people and get more attention, such as send out the link in chain letters to like minded people.

Thanks for the support.

[Freiheit]

i actually talked about the usa.

but if you wanna talk about cuba you know whitch forum.
cuba ready for relations with the usa, i gues.

[Reuben]

There are also unnoficial aspects to the blockade. For example, a mexican businessman who traded across the Americas, sold cuba 50,00 dollars worth of soap (hardly a strategic commodity). Anyway one day he was invited to a breakfat at which found the U.S. ambassador. The ambassodor told him that he knew of his sale to cuba, and that he knew that the businessman also traded with America, and that he would have to decide "Who he was going to be friends with"

In other words, if he continued to trade with cuba, he would not be able to do any trade in the U.S.A.


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[Freiheit]

the american are so arrogant and proud and nationlistic.
i dont like them.
that what they do with cuba is absolutly intolerant and unacceptable

[psycho chicken]

signed signed and signed. well i only did it once
bloody america. what have they got against the left? it's more democratic than capitalism

[Freiheit]

signed

[El Commandante]

Thanks for all your support, please spread the word about this petition, send it out to friends, tell people on other forums, just do all that you can. Thanks for all the help.

[companera]

Yes, I think it's true that the US is the only country with sanctions against Cuba. But the Helms-Burton Act punishes all other countries who continue to trade with Cuba--for example, by prohibiting their docking in American ports if they have stopped in Cuba in the last six months. But the concern that really shows through in the Helms-Burton Act is that of American capitalists who owned properties in pre-revolutionary Cuba. It's obvious that that's what the US is pissed about--its property. And it doesn't matter that the US is the only country with official sanctions against Cuba--the influence of the US economy is enought to secure Cuba's doom. (Actually, though, Cuba seems to be recovering.)

[Son of Scargill]

[quote]Quote: from Reuben on 9:43 pm on Nov. 25, 2001
There are also unnoficial aspects to the blockade. For example, a mexican businessman who traded across the Americas, sold cuba 50,00 dollars worth of soap (hardly a strategic commodity). Anyway one day he was invited to a breakfat at which found the U.S. ambassador. The ambassodor told him that he knew of his sale to cuba, and that he knew that the businessman also traded with America, and that he would have to decide "Who he was going to be friends with"

In other words, if he continued to trade with cuba, he would not be able to do any trade in the U.S.A.


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They did the same to Vaclav Havel(Czech President)when he appointed Frank Zappa as his Trade Minister.
"You either deal with us,or with Zappa!"
Not quite Cuba,but strong arm tactics just the same.