Canadian Politics Today

Groovy. That's got absolutely nothing to do with using anything on dictatorships.   
That's right, they're different countries on opposite sides of the planet.

If you want to suggest that differences amongst dictatorships call for using different standards to bring them to heel then say so.  I'm open to the idea that governments can earn merit points and a reduction in sanctions due to better behaviour.  First though we'd need an international code of standardized rules for governing human beings.  Wouldn't you agree?

Well, Cuba's been under a large trade embargo for 50+ years.  And all it's done is caused mass poverty.  Your policy has directly lead to people dying.  As long as you're ok with the collateral damage I guess.