The Red Sea and the Suez Canal are of strategic value in the region because this is one of the most important transport points for oil in the entire world. Much of the oil that comes from the Persian Gulf travels through the Suez Canal on its way to Europe and the United States. Control and stability of this area is of vital importance to the United States and European governments and markets.
It usually takes about 2 weeks to get the products send from China to the US.
The Cuban value system is closely associated with the socialism value system. The Cubans have been shaped by a system that views, housing, education, medical care, and guaranteed employment as basic human rights, which is very opposite to the values of the so called 'western world'.
