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> Cuba is facing a famine right now Because the US has embargoed Cuba for decades to cause hunger and desperation: > If such a policy is adopted, it should be
by positron6000 3y ago
> Cuba is facing a famine right now
Because the US has embargoed Cuba for decades to cause hunger and desperation:
> If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government. - https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499 https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06...
Citation needed on all your other claims.
- monero-xmr 3y agoCuba is not embargoed by Canada, the EU, and so on, so the USA not providing food is certainly not a valid argument. https://www.eeas.europa.eu/cuba/european-union-and-cuba_en?s=136#:~:text=Investments%2C%20exchanges%20and%20undertakings,main%20export%20and%20trade%20partner https://www.eeas.europa.eu/cuba/european-union-and-cuba_en?s....
- runarberg 3y agoThe USA embargo in Cuba is not causing a famine because there is no famine. So you’re vitamin A deficiency did not cause your black eye, because you have enough vitamin B and C, and also you don’t have a black eye. Also the embargo de jure excludes food and medicine (although de facto it is hard to export those to Cuba), but also subsidiaries of USA companies are also not allowed to trade with Cuba, so Canadian and EU companies which do business in the USA (which is almost everybody) are risking a lot by trading with Cuba, so in effect the embargo is somewhat extended by large parts of EU and Canada.
- zdragnar 3y agoThe parent to the post you responded to literally said > Cuba has yet to experience a famine despite being under a severe embargo for several decades.