By SJ Otto
We know that Donald Trump thinks socialism is the opposite of freedom and now he seems to believe he has the right to prevent nations in Latin America from voting for socialist candidates. He is taking the most undemocratic methods possible to try and stop socialism in Latin America, by banning travel to Cuba
He has singled out three countries, Nicaragua , Cuba and Venezuela , as undermining U.S.
“U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, who declared Cuba part of a "troika of tyranny " along with Nicaragua and Venezuela
Apparently US Nicaragua has a democracy that was partially created by past US Nicaragua
His latest actions are to ban travel to Cuba , which is now moving the US backward to the old cold war with Cuba
“Cruise travel from the U.S. to Cuba U.S. Cuba
That now appears to be over.
"Cruise ships as well as recreational and pleasure vessels are prohibited from departing the U.S. on temporary sojourn to Cuba
That takes away a US Cuba Cuba Cuba
One thing that is obvious in this article I’m using, trump is using this issue to try and win votes in Florida
Collin Laverty, head of Cuba Educational Travel, one of the largest Cuba travel companies in the U.S. , called the new measures "political grandstanding aimed at Florida
And further proof is this comment by Trumps’ Republican hack Marc Rubio:
"The Trump administration deserves tremendous credit for holding accountable the Cuban regime," Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said. "The United States must use all tools available under U.S. law to counter the Cuban regime's deceitful activities to undermine U.S.
The AP article presented several opinions that were opposed to Trumps’ Cuban action:
"This affects all of us," said William Mártinez, 58, a Cuban-born American who lived in Florida Cuba
……"I've been dying to come to Cuba forever, to see the cars, the buildings," said Maria Garcia, a 46-year-old teacher from Puerto Rico who arrived in Havana
Also:
“Cruises have become more popular than flights for leisure travelers to Cuba
There are many of us here in the US Latin America , Trump would be treating us as if we were terrorists. This is the kind of non-sense we all need to stop Trump from doing. Ocasio-Cortez is a member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). That group has been gaining membership since Sanders ran for president. We don’t need our party treated as an illegal or un-American organization. There is nothing anti-democratic about socialism.
[2] Gusanos (worms in English) is a slang insult the Cuban left uses to refer to the exiles who live in Florida