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It would be interesting to read an actual deep technical dive on this.

Was cuba previously generating electricity with imported oil? How were they paying for that? A gift from Venezuela? It seems possible that the solar is actually batter and cheaper than what they were paying for before but needs up-front financing, which is a general issue with solar in developing nations.

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Cuba barters with other countrys using inovative ideas, involving medical and military personel for active service, training and education. They also have maintained simple technologys that are embargo proof, like steam engines for railroads, slow ,clunky, realy realy hard to kill. Also Cuba is popular everywhere for many things,but especialy in there role as, go to communist devil, in spite of how often the label slides off and has to be furiously re applied.

There's nothing particularly innovative about selling the services of mercenaries to other dictatorships. Hopefully they'll all be killed.

Cuba's doctors and medical research is helping struggling countries live to see another day. They punch way above their weight. Incredible really, given they are a small island nation, living under the shadow of the biggest, most advanced military in the world, and it hates them.

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