1988 Seoul - Soviet anthem
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Have you not read something about Cuba since the 1970s? Cuba's economy is now based on trading with Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, etc., which look at Cuba as a sovereign country worthy of governing itself however they please.
Also, these South American countries now have a Socialist tendency, which makes them far more friendly to Cuba than say the US.
Cuba doesn't need America anymore. They can easily make it with South America only.
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@havee3333333 Considering they lost their most significant trading partner and they're denied any trade with the world's other (now primary) superpower for so long, I think Cuba even still existing is pretty wildly impressive. I just wonder how they would have developed without the embargo to impede it.
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Why don't you look up the Russian and Japanese borders prior to the Russo-Japanese war of 1905.
Russia was given recognition of owning Manchuria in 1858 by the Chinese government.
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Actually, Cuba has become pretty wealthy in the last 10 years due to closer ties with South America and China. The US lifting the embargo would be helpful, which ALBA is pressuring the US to do at the moment, but they can still live without it. The Cubans have been under the embargo for exactly 50 years now, so I think they developed themselves pretty well to make up for the lost revenue that comes with American trading.
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lol. Since when was manchuria historically russian land? It was NEVER part of russia. It negociated its border treaty with russia in the late seventeen century.
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@R0ccojas0n I don't get it Cuba is literally begging for USA to help I meancuba economy is in bad shape but since it been like that it's normal I still wonder why we still can't go over there
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Gorbachev wanted to keep the SU together, but he lost power due to the President of the Russian SFSR's,Boris Yeltsin,aggressive Nationalist policies.
Gorbachev obviously didn't want to create what he did, but that was what eventually happened.
In 1990,the SU's GNP(gross national product) was $2.65 Trillion.In 1998,the Former SU's GNP was $300 Billion.
The former SU has just recently caught back up to Soviet era's economic power.That means they lost 20 years of progress due to these clowns.
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In 1987, the year of Perestroika, the SU's HDI(human development index) was .920(compared to the USA's .961).
In 1995, Russia's HDI was .769.
In 2011, Russia's HDI was .755(compared to the USA's .910).
After the collapse of the USSR, the former Soviet states were in shambles. The peoples' livelihoods were destroyed, while a few individuals took advantage of the new and starting markets and became extremely rich.
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Well I'd argue that Perestroika destabilized the USSR. When you have an economy, whether Capitalist or Socialist, any major change can greatly impact how your society functions. The Soviet Economy was based on Socialism in One State policies from 1929-1987. When you have a system that lasts that long, destabilization will cause your peoples' standards of living to collapse.
How do you expect investors to invest in a country that has uncertainty?
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@havee3333333 Excellent data and well said. How do you think Perestroika contributed to CCCPS economic downfall, a ponderous point. Did you live there?
@SMGJohn and yet u are falling apart and ur political world is dissapearing...hmp, it's you who fails
again, u know nothing
R0ccojas0n 1 month ago 4
@SMGJohn ROFL! the capitalist nations might be suffering on economical problems....but let's look at cuba and nepal, 2 tiny nations with practically no economy to start with, and so tiny what purpose do they really show?
and guess what, even the soviets were scared to even go to cuba cause USA stood in their way...
hmp, i don't know where you're getting the *i know more then you ever will of a 100 years of living* when i doubt u have learned anything in the past 20 years
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R0ccojas0n 1 month ago 3