The answer is probably not, because I doubt I’m going to have any response that deflates a lifetime of American culture and propaganda, but I’d like to know if y’all have made any success.
I ask because earlier today a person I know came to me, asking if I knew about what’s going on in Cuba. I answered there’s a kind of small anti-government protest alongside much larger pro-government demonstrations. This was immediately flipped as proof of Cuba’s tyranny, since a large pro-government demonstration means everyone’s afraid of being jailed or executed. I tried mentioning Cuba has a pretty popular government, the vote on the constitution seems proof of that, but that also just gets flipped as proof of tyranny.
I don’t know, it was frustrating and I otherwise respect this person. Have y’all been having trouble?
This can be a helpful article that expounds more on the devastating effects of the US embargo on Cuba in the context of the pandemic: https://ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2020/u-s-economic-sanctions-on-cuba-in-the-context-of-the-pandemic-covid-19/
A video that may also help dispel the popular right-wing misconceptions about the Cuban government: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMsi-A56ds
According to a recent poll, even sixty-one percent of Cuban Americans in South Florida support a temporary halt to all economic sanctions during the pandemic. Over 70% of Cuban Americans living in South Florida believe that the embargo is not working.
A short video that exposes parts of the recent American regime change propaganda campaign directed against Cuba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOc53ePzWok
