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by sofixa 1037 days ago
> 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.

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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