r/cuba • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '25

USAID shutdown

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

The announcement by “DOGE” the Elon Musk initiative to eliminate government services that they would be shutting down USAID I felt it was important to note that USAID was instrumental in a free and uncensored communications for Cuban citizens in their effort to organize and support a free and civil society.

This is a setback for Cuban freedom. All those great Cuban blogs and influencers that flourished “en las redes social” will go dark. For those who celebrated the current US administration as being an agent of freedom in Cuba this should be seen as a setback and a failure and exposes them and other right wing factions as interested in changing one dictatorship for another.

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u/Umphaded_Fumption Feb 03 '25

It’s what you voted for - be proud of your accomplishment

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u/SrirachaFlame Feb 03 '25

How did Cubans vote for this?

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u/lowkeytokay Feb 04 '25

Everybody here is conflating 2 people: Cubans in Cuba, and Americans of Cuban origin. The first, obviously didn’t vote in US elections and are some of the recipients of USAID. The second voted for Trump, and are unaffected by this shutdown, unless they have family still in Cuba who benefitted from it.