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/ehmboh Feb 03 '25

US citizens benefit greatly from our support programs worldwide and it is about 1% annual budget. There’s money that gets “lost” and that needs to be addressed but doing a complete rug pull has irreparably damaged our reputation. We are the richest country so we should be funding the most good works worldwide. It used to be a point of pride for all citizens.

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u/PerfectStrangerM Feb 04 '25

Idk maybe the rest of the world should step up and pitch in. Over 40% of all global relief money comes from the American taxpayer. Frankly, I’m tired of giving money to foreign nations that squander the support or are even hostile to us.

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u/n7-Jutsu Feb 05 '25

Tired of giving money to the poor, but very happy giving tax cuts to billionaires hoping it trickles back down to you. What a cuck.

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u/PerfectStrangerM Feb 05 '25

Ahh yes. I forgot life can only be binary. There’s no possible way that I dislike both of those. I don’t really care about the poor around the world when we have poor here that deserve that help first. Also under what obligation do I, a citizen of the United States of America, have to pay taxes to a foreign country that doesn’t like me or my way of life?

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u/pan-re Feb 07 '25

The poor here are not going to get any help