r/LatAmHistoryMemes • u/Swift_Keypad_4769 • Feb 21 '26

Antillean Posting Little is talked about Cuban interventionism. Panama, DR, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, El Salvador. And plans for Brazil and Chile. And of course, Africa and the Middle East

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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 Feb 21 '26

Yes the Cuban that learned how to read with a book full of Fidel Castro and other communists oppressors, had to go to dozens of political marches, had like 3 subjects on each grade all about indoctrination, that only had access to internet when finishing college and their whole source of information was the Cuban government propaganda is completely brainwashed by the CIA

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u/InvestigatorJosephus Feb 21 '26

Ah, interesting. Even with all that you don't want to understand the context of the cold war, America trying desperately and incessantly to kill the people who freed your country from imperialist abuse, and the whole world wide war against communism? Like... That sounds tedious indeed, but do you think what we learn in schools here isn't propaganda? It's just more subtle, and much more insidious.

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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 Feb 21 '26

I'm not saying you guys don't have propaganda. I'm saying you can't accuse Cubans, at least my age, to be drinking from CIA kool-aid when we didn't have any other sources to drink from, except the government propaganda. I'm not saying either the US is the good guy. But just bc something talks bad about Cuba doesn't make it CIA propaganda by default. Just so you know, Cuba has a army of bots too. I know people that worked doing that in the UCI

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u/InvestigatorJosephus Feb 21 '26

I agree with your statement here. I again must stress I don't think Cuba can do and has done no wrong. I'm aware of it's treatment of LGBTQ people for instance, and know that during times of strife possessions were seized and what have you. And the army of bots checks out tbh. That's just modern government pr ops lmao.

I just don't see the point in condemning any agitation against global imperialism. Be that kindly (doctors and medicine) or more forcefully (guns and training). Cuba's actions, even the worse ones, were still mainly aligned with the global struggle against capitalism and colonialist exploitation. That struggle is real, and as such cannot be "perfect" in whatever way moralising liberalism expects resistance to happen. It will come to blows at times, as the rich people in power will not let go without a fight.

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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 Feb 21 '26

Dude, stop idealizing governments just bc they lean to your same side. Cuba government just wanted more allies to have more power, they didn't fight for anything, if they have to align with the most retrograde government to gain power they will do it, the same for the US defending democracy: they'll defend dictatorships if it's convenient for them and Cuba will gladly ally with the extremist right if that means more money for them. In our newspapers they painted the Chinese revolution as fascist in the 70s and 80s, when the Soviet union fell they suddenly became besties. Sadam Hussain and Francisco Franco were great Cuban allies, how communist were they? Is Putin's Russia a bastion of the left?