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by LastWeekendWas 1037 days ago
Severely embarrassing the US government?

Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Cuba ; The World Bank acknowledges that Cuba's life expectancy at birth exceeds that of the United States

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You should at least do a search before making a snarky comment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Sponsors_of_Terrorism_(U...

> Cuba was added to the list on March 1, 1982, on the basis that it has a history of supporting revolutionary movements in Spanish-speaking countries and Africa

That's hilarious. It's after the CIA sponsored coups against democratically elected leftists, like infamously in Chile. So it's a problem when Cuba supports movements, but not when the US does it? Or was it just "fascism is better than anything even remotely to the left"?

Also, "when was the last time" being answered with the 1980s, when we're in 2023 is downright embarrassing.

It's a problem when America invades Cuba but not when Cuba invades Angola?

Whataboutism can work both ways

Cuba didn't "invade" Angola, they sent troops to support one of the two factions in the Civil War.
People have used the same justification for invasion since the time of the Roman republic. Let us not take justifications for imperialism at face value
I don't think that link reinforces the position you seem to think it reinforces.
You should read up on Operation Condor.
> Or maybe just providing free high quality heath care to all its citizens?

I've never been there, but my friend who's from Cuba says that hospitals, like all institutions in Cuba, more often than not lack the absolute basics.

Not a particularly high bar.