Oh, God. Latin America, and especially Cuba, are going to suffer.
At least Cuba will join the BRICS, this guy will probably be more aggressive with Nicaragua (against which Biden started a strange fight out of nowhere, he literally pushed Ortega towards China for no reason and gained nothing from it) and Venezuela.
Cuba made the “partners” shortlist and these are not members yet(if ever), right now its not clear if partners get anything at all besides a membership card and a meme Putin coin even.
I think so, Brazil invited Cuba and Bolivia, while they vetoed Venezuela (and some sources say Nicaragua, but others say Nicaragua wasn’t even in this Pre-List). Putin (Russia is the current president of BRICS) agreed with Brazil (who will take over next year) and Cuba joined the partner states program. What Cuba really wants is to join BRICS Bank to get some aid and investement without the sanctions fucking with them.
BRICS approves Cuba, Bolivia, and 11 other countries as ‘partner states’ - Brasil de Fato
The group of countries invited to join the BRICS as “partner states” includes Turkey, Indonesia, Algeria, Belarus, Cuba, Bolivia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam, Nigeria, and Uganda.
On 24 October 2024, an additional 13 countries, namely Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, were invited to participate as partner countries. No membership invitations were extended.
With the earthquake too the year 2025 is really looking rough for Cuba
Yeah… I’m bracing myself for it, not that it will make it feel any better, but the Cuban revolution probably won’t be around in four years.
It’s not like the Cuban goverment was expecting anything good to come from the US. Even Biden attempted a coup in 2021, which failed. I don’t think Russia or China will ever let the Cuban goverment fall because it’s a very important strategic ally of them.
I don’t think Russia or China will ever let the Cuban goverment fall because it’s a very important strategic ally of them.
They need to step the fuck up then.
Between China, Russia, and Mexico, they have reliable, sovereign partners for energy, infrastructure, defense, technology, and food. They can twart the US blockade. Russia is already near maximally sanctioned by the US, so they have no reason to not be making regular shipments of Russian oil/gas and goods from China and Mexico.
One of those situations that highlights how devastating the collapse of the Soviet Union was for the world.
True. I hope you are right. It feels like China and Russia never rock the boat much, so I’ve not had much hope for them. Also Mexico has been very good lately. They just sent a ton of oil.
I hope you’re wrong, but the situation does not look good.
China could really help a lot here with their infrastructure magic.
The worst effects of the blockade could be circumvented permanently with enough solar & storage. Then minimize the potential for espionage and color revolution by installing a fuckton of Huawei networking equipment, radios to connect to China’s satellite internet constellation, and make a push to use Chinese software services where ever possible.
that’s not good
Bad news specially if as predicted Brazil fucks themselves as Lula’s government is about to do with cutting social programs right before the crucial pre-'26 election cycle. Once Brazil is compromised BRICS will have no influence in the region, questionable as it already is since Cuba being a new “partner” member is not relevant yet.
Currently a big struggle within the Brazilian government along with massive progressive/left wing parties and unions pushing back. Its not even a victory to make things better which is the shit part, its always the usual fight to stop neoliberal ghouls from making things worse and in this case a completely suicidal blow to Lula’s re-election chances.
The following months we will be like an advent calendar, but the prizes are forgotten ghouls
