# \*gasp!\*  Cuban Model might not be working?

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**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasp-cuban-model-might-not-be-working/553141 "2010-09-09T03:25:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasp-cuban-model-might-not-be-working/553141/22 "2010-09-09T14:38:45Z")

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Would the Cuban model have fared better without the US economic blockade?

If the rest of the world refused to trade with America, I imagine you’d be pretty well f\*cked economically, no?

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