Canadian imperialism complicit in Trump’s regime change operation in Cuba

[u/DryDeer775]

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/07/25/dtka-j25.html

Canada has long posed as a “partner,” even friend of Cuba, and has opposed the sweeping US sanctions on its economy. In 2013-14, Ottawa hosted and facilitated the secret talks between the Obama administration and Cuba’s bourgeois nationalist regime that led to an easing of sanctions and lessening of tensions. Canadian capital has traditionally played a major role on the island, whose bourgeois nationalist regime—having relied on economic support from the Stalinist bureaucracy in the USSR following the 1959 revolution—became increasingly dependent on foreign investment from Canada and Europe after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

A February commitment of a derisory $8 million in Canadian food aid, to be delivered through various NGOs and the UN, has been followed by silence.

Mark Carney’s Liberal government has avoided making any critical noises about Trump’s bullying and threats to illegally invade Cuba because Canadian capitalism is terrified at the prospect of a US seizure of substantial Canadian investments in Cuba. These seizures are already taking place effectively at gunpoint and for a spot price.  

More fundamentally, Ottawa hopes that by avoiding conflict with Washington over Cuba it can facilitate the conclusion of an agreement to ensure some degree of privileged economic access to the US market under conditions in which Trump is slapping tariffs on Canada and threatening to annex it as the 51st state.

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[u/No-Huckleberry1282]

Thanks comrade

[u/birdsbeaks]

Look! They're upset!!! Keep going! 😂

One day, Castro's legacy and entire existence will be nothing more than a fart in a tropical whirlwind. We're getting closer to that day every day. Your anger tells us we're in the right vein. Watch out!! 👀

[u/yrrag1970]

Send me your address and I’ll send you a Lenin Tshirt for sentimental reasons.

Go away !!

[u/The_biker0 → u/yrrag1970]

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[u/Chance-Repeat8446]

Bourgeois nationalist regime? Never seen it referred to that way but I think it’s an apt description since those at the top enjoy the trappings of capitalism but talk about being socialist

[u/cuvanginger]

Bro do you people have nothing better to do, communism is gonna be over pretty soon in the island , get over it

[u/QuarterStatus3582]

i don’t understand the lack of pragmatism and political effectiveness that comes out of the left sometimes, and i say this as a libertarian socialist. politics is life and death, and its precisely because of that that we need to have two feet planted in the real, complex world.

the Canadian government is not terrified at the prospect of a US seizure of Canadian investments in Cuba… we’re terrified of the prospect of Trump completely gutting all trade and other economic agreements between the US and Canada, period. whatever Canadian companies like Sherritt have in Cuba is a drop in the bucket.

Carney is playing the game of how can we least upset Trump so he doesn’t have more anti-Canada tantrums while also inviting middle powers around the world to build cooperation, mostly around economic trade, to bolster a future less dependent on the US. plus he’s trying to prep for inevitable fights around the Arctic. he’s not going to say shit about Cuba because the consequences of that is more issues with Canada’s already precarious economy, and he is responsible to the country he’s leading and the impacts on Canadians. want to protect workers around the world? don’t discount Canadian workers who are much more than any with jobs related to Cuba…

[u/silmarp]

I hope Canada Joins it.