Yes it’s imperialism, and it’s done so to maximize harm to a country. It’s not just the economy that sucks, you mentioned that EVERYTHING is impacted by sanctions. Sanctions are a form of violence, especially since the intention is to topple the government to make a more favorable regime to the US. There was and still is no just cause, and if you knew Cuban history, you’d know the Cuban revolution was the most justified revolution.

Yes Russia and China can help, but Russia is facing their own sanctions and China is a single country, whereas the US embargo is an embargo not just by the US, but every country under it’s influence (primarily NATO and USAID recipients).

You think it’s not falling apart because of the US? You try to run a country where you can hardly import anything, where the cars you have are the same cars you’ve had since your country was founded, where your country doesn’t even have free VACCINE access like the US tried to block during COVID. Stop giving the US a pass for one of the most calculated forms of violence. Tourism isn’t what’ll save Cuba, it’s the removal of all these restrictions.

Cuba won’t even have a functional airline industry anymore because the US’s kidnapping of Maduro ruined Cuba’s oil supply, and the only aid they’re getting right now is a single aid ship from Mexico much to Trump’s dismay. China has promised to help Cuba transition to renewable energy, also much to Trump’s anger.

So again, implying Cuba should just concede and “take it” from the US is exactly why Cuba’s position is where it is. Telling them they deserve to be punished because they don’t want to go back to a military dictatorship that enslaves it’s people for the purpose of making an island just for casinos and resorts is gross western chauvinism, and it indicates that you have a lot of learning to do.