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Why do libs always rush to defend abhorrent things with "🤓👆but achtually it's technically not illegal".

And in any case, according to the unanimous vote (sans US and Israel ofc) in the UN every year, the blockade is illegal and a violation of the UN Charter.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

And also I don't think the embargo is America's worst modern crime against Cuba. Their worst crime is desecrating the pure soil of Cuba with a McDonald's (in the illegally occupied territory/torture camp of Guantanamo Bay)

Though in good news I'm hoping to visit Cuba next summer. Any advice on visiting?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Stay in casa particulars (no hotels or resorts). Take a lot of euros or dollars with you. You can exchange the for pesos on the street for a much higher rate than at the bank. Save some of those euros/dollars for long taxi rides. Absolutely use express VPN if you intend to book buses using their viazul website. You won't be able to pay for your bus otherwise. First thing you do when you get there is try to acquire a sim card. I would advise doing it officially and not picking one up of a street vendor as 50% of the time you'll find the SIM gets cancelled.

Visit baracoa, viñales, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, and Havana (both old Havana and the suburbs).

Drink a canchanchera. Go to all the local music halls you can. Drink a michelada. Smoke their cigarettes (Jesus they are good). Eat the seafood in baracoa. Dance. Try not to get too caught up in tourist traps. Talk to locals (learn more Spanish than I did). Have fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I don't get very much time off unfortunately so I will only spend a week, so probably just Havana and surrounding areas. Perhaps a train or bus ride to Santa Clara is possible. But it would be an entire days travel to the east end of the island.