not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoCanada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the islandedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1270arrow-down1external-linkCanada plans to assist Cuba as Washington squeezes the islandedition.cnn.comnot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square80linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoI mean, sanctions and blockaids are an important method of diplomacy (as an alternative to war). It worked for ending South African Apartheid. But the UN has overwhelmingly voted to end the blockaid on Cuba. In conclusion: sovereignty doesn’t make you higher than the UN. But it does make you higher than one country’s deranged fascist leader.
I mean, sanctions and blockaids are an important method of diplomacy (as an alternative to war). It worked for ending South African Apartheid.
But the UN has overwhelmingly voted to end the blockaid on Cuba.
In conclusion: sovereignty doesn’t make you higher than the UN. But it does make you higher than one country’s deranged fascist leader.