FT: "Cuba’s relationships with other allies such as China and Venezuela have 
waned, but its ties with Russia are stronger than at any point since the cold 
war." Indeed, China does not give Cuba aid as the Soviet Union did; despite 
some grants, China mainly lends and invests:

China has agreed to restructure Cuban debt and provide new trade and investment 
credits to the beleaguered Caribbean Island nation after a meeting in Peking. 
Chinese trade and investment has slowed in recent years due to Cuba’s failure 
to meet restructured debt payments according to analysts and diplomats. Various 
investment projects have also ground to a halt. The Cuban president said his 
Chinese counterpart indicated “a solution must be found to all the problems 
with Cuba, regardless of the debt, and that this cannot be what limits 
development.”
--Reuters, Nov. 27, 2022 
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-wins-china-debt-relief-new-funds-2022-11-27/

Multipolarista fans of BRICS, take note! The biggest economy in BRICS by far, 
China, operates largely on commercial grounds with Cuba. Russia, the most 
active military power in BRICS today, has a closer political relation with 
Cuba. Each of the BRICS powers – all capitalist – pursues its own interests. 
The multipolar world is a world of imperialist powers old and new, less 
powerful capitalist countries, and weak ex-colonial countries that are still 
the targets of economic colonialism (usually with the eager cooperation of 
their rulers).


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