A U.S. Navy submarine has pulled into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the U.S. base in Cuba on Thursday, just a day after a Russian frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue tug crossed into Havana Bay after drills in the Atlantic Ocean.

The stop is part of a “routine port visit” as the submarine travels through Southern Command’s region, it said in a social media post.

Other U.S. ships also have been tracking and monitoring the Russian drills, which Pentagon officials say do not represent a threat to the United States.

  • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    01·
    5 months ago

    I never understood how slavery could stand for so long… But I guess now I do?

    Nevermind that the embargo on Cuba limits the utility of US money.

    Edit: for a similar scenario, look at the conditions for Haitian “independence” from France. France forced Haiti to pay for the lost property (read: slaves) that were freed by independence, costing the Haitian economy something like 20 billion dollars of economic contribution… For daring to free slaves. But oh no my agreements!

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      All Cuba has to do is go to the negotiating table. It is good for their propaganda to not do so and they don’t need Guantanamo for anything.

      • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
        01·
        5 months ago

        All Haiti has to do was send it’s slaves back to France, I really don’t see the problem.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Are you really equating the U.S. sending a yearly uncashed check and keeping a Naval base at the ass end of Cuba with people being enslaved?

              • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
                01·
                5 months ago

                Look back at your original comment and come back. Read carefully, like they taught you in primary school.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                  0·
                  5 months ago

                  Okay, this was my original comment:

                  Because of a 1903 lease agreement with no end date which the post-revolutionary government has not gone back on so far. They protest it, but they have yet to actually say the terms have changed. And they also have a backlog of U.S. money waiting for them when they wish to renegotiate. Don’t underestimate the PR boost having a U.S. naval base on Cuban soil gives to the Cuban government the same way having North Korea and South Korea share a border is good propaganda for both countries.

                  https://lemmy.world/comment/10620270

                  Now- are you saying a U.S. naval base at the ass-end of Cuba is the same as human enslavement?

                  • zephyreks@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    01·
                    5 months ago

                    Good, now read what Castro actually said on the issue (when he wasn’t busy being assassinated by the CIA).