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[–] VapeNoir@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Presumably because they can't do anything about it. The US offers Cuba a nominal sum to "rent" the land to maintain legitimacy and iirc the Cuban government has continually rejected it on principle.

[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm imagining a huge stack of checks in a storage room. When the time is right, the cuban president will deposit them all at once, overdrawing America's account and collapsing the economy.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

The most recent wtyp about Cuba they literally make this joke lol

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apparently they only give $4,085 per year for it, $340 a month for 45 square miles, locked in since 1974