Why do we bully Cuba? What has it ever done to us?

[question everything]

Severe shortage of oil that makes life unbearable

[cbabe]

1. They kicked out the mob. Shut the casinos. 'They' want 'their' money laundry back.

[mike_c]

6. plus the Monroe Doctrine

Can't have any communist nations in the western hemisphere.

[cbabe]

10. Communism is a handy label to stir up trouble.

[flvegan]

2. Right now? Further distraction from the Epstein files. n/t

[malaise]

3. Some folks believe they can do what the eff they want to whoever they want

Thankfully In the end all empires die

[mr715]

4. Well... it did pollute the voting demographics in Florida.

[harumph]

5. They have sapped and contaminated our precious bodily fluids.

[rampartd]

7. battista's crew looted cuba

fidel liberated the island and sent battista's cronies to florida, where they seem to wield considerable influence.

[LeftInTX]

8. It's an old cold war thing.

At one point, it was a threat.

Think of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuba was a vassal state of the USSR and was considered a springboard for communist takeover of Latin America.

Well, those days are over...

I really don't know what's going on now. Cuba is still in cahoots with Russia. (It is believed that Russia did that sonic thing about 10 years ago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

Anonymous sources claimed that Homeland Security Investigations purchased a device in an undercover operation for millions of dollars toward the end of the Biden administration. The backpack-sized device is said to emit pulsed radio frequencies.[156] Testing is ongoing and some are skeptical that this device could be the cause of Havana syndrome.[157]

According to CBS, "[t]he device is portable, backpack-sized, and contains components of Russian origin".[156] In March 2026, a 60 Minutes report further described the weapon:[158]

It doesn't look anything like a gun. It is designed to be concealed and small enough to be carried by a person. It is silent and doesn't create heat like a microwave oven. Our sources say the device is programmable for different scenarios and can be operated by remote control. The range of the beam is several hundred feet. It can penetrate windows and drywall. The vital components were made in Russia. Our sources say the key is not the hardware but the software. The programming shapes a unique, electromagnetic wave that rises and falls abruptly and pulses rapidly.[158]

[wnylib]

17. The Cuban Missile crisis was a result of the US Bay of Pigs invasion.

Cuba turned to Russia for security and defense. Or, perhaps the Soviets saw their excuse to put missiles in the western hemisphere after the Bay of Pigs and made Cuba an offer they couldn't refuse.

[Jacson6]

9. They stole the casinos from the mob and got rid of the parking meter scam in Havana. n/t

[Grey5]

11. That's just what Bullies do.

Cuba is just a pawn in the game bullies play.

[womanofthehills]

12. They can't stand a poor country that has universal healthcare.

At one point, our boycott would not let fertilizer through so they had to develop better ways to garden organically.

"Cuba sends doctors on medical missions. The U.S. isn't a fan"

"Is it a praiseworthy humanitarian effort or an affront to human rights?

That's the debate swirling around a Cuban program that sends tens of thousands of doctors and other medical professionals abroad to care for people.

Cuba proudly says these "medical brigades" show solidarity with their fellow countries in the Global South. But the program is not solely altruistic. It's also one of the largest sources of foreign money for the island as the countries receiving the small army of health workers pay Cuba for them.

The U.S. State Department has long been critical of this system, alleging that the participants are coerced and underpaid by the government. In a statement to NPR, the State Department calls it "forced labor" and "human trafficking."

Now, the Trump administration is ratcheting up the pressure on countries to pull out of these arrangements with Cuba. A number in Latin America and the Caribbean are falling into line. Among the nations yielding to this pressure are Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Paraguay and Honduras. They're phasing out the programs, reevaluating the payment model and sometimes canceling altogether.

Here's how it works — and why it's so controversial.
The backstory
The program began more than 60 years ago and typically provides medical aid to impoverished communities and rural, underserved areas — often in lower-resource countries like Angola, Guatemala and Venezuela but in some high-income countries as well. For example, a Cuban team went to Italy to help out during the early years of the COVID crisis."

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5746626/cuba-doctors-mission-blockade

[GPV]

13. They let the USSR put missiles there and claimed US

owned facilities, so we lost money.

[Jose Garcia]

14. For starters, they stole the property (farms, businesses) of Cuban citizens and

forced many of them to leave the country under threat of murder. Many of them moved here, became US citizens, and became politically active.

[Johonny]

15. Essentially the losers of the Cuba revolution

Not personally losers (many I'm sure are nice people), but the ruling class etc... was targeted and fled to the US. Those that didn't feel threatened or supported the over-turn stayed. So, we in the US have a confirmation bias. Those that hate and want Cuba regime change are the Cuban immigrants here in the US already.

Would we want to see regime chance? Well, certainly from old US morality and standards, yes. Is the current regime in Cuba any different than what Trump wants in the US? No. Would Trump install a pro-democracy pro-people regime? probably not. He hasn't done this in Venezuela or Iran. He doesn't seem to give a shit about Ukraine or Taiwan. Thus, pro-democracy Cubans should beware of Trump's Cuban plans.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. They resisted us!

How dare they?!????

We're obviously the BEST and MOST JUST in the world, so they must be inherently evil!


Like any liberals who QUESTION this country even slightly!