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Below are two, also when visiting it is very clear: 1994 - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/millions-of-cubans-facing-starvation-hunger-is-fuelling-an-
by lettergram 8y ago
Below are two, also when visiting it is very clear:
1994 - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/millions-of-cubans-facing-starvation-hunger-is-fuelling-an-exodus-of-desperate-refugees-writes-phil-1417691.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/millions-of-cubans-...
2012 - https://www.poverties.org/blog/poverty-in-cuba https://www.poverties.org/blog/poverty-in-cuba
Apparently, it has improved since then - but that’s because international aid was sent, aka food.
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe first one is 25 years out of date (and makes the starving claim but not the no health care one, though it does note that some medicines were subject to harsh rationing due to the embargo), the second one is effectively nearly as old (while it is from 2012, it cited data it notes was a decade old at the time) does not support the starving claim and directly contradicts the no health care one (and also notes a massive effort that made significant progress on the drug shortages by boosting local production.)