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Trump’s Economic Vise Leaves Cubans Desperate for Food and Medicine (www.nytimes.com)
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The U.S. says its sanctions are not aimed at depriving Cuba of essential goods. Thousands of stranded shipping containers tell a different story.

Sept. 17, 2026
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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Thousands of containers filled with food, medicine and other goods bound for Cuba have been stranded throughout the Caribbean since two shipping giants stopped deliveries to avoid tough U.S. sanctions, according to diplomats, Cuban officials, merchants and others involved in the imports.

The containers stranded in various ports include humanitarian aid, from solar panels to medication to colostomy bags. Dozens of containers of aid purchased by different United Nations agencies are among them.

U.S. sanctions have also hobbled shipments by air, and forced the World Health Organization to scrap planned deliveries of cancer drugs.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone remind me what Cuba is guilty of? Being Communist?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    The US tried multiple times to invade and overthrow them seriously like 3 separate times.

    Then Cuba decided to go for real straight up communist and nationalize all the industries so they took ownership of all the businesses the US had there and the US says they stole it (kind of did) and that's pretty much where it all started.

    There's a missile crisis in there too and in fact that situation almost ended the world if it wasn't for a Russian admiral having some god damn sense and disobeying orders.

    Thing is, the US is wrong for this shit though. They have fought against food and water and power for those people they have even made other countries not pay Cuban doctors when they go abroad to help people.

    Like everything, the United States values money and property that makes more money over the lives of human beings.

    I hope Cuba prospers in the end. And no, I'm not communist or a tankie I just think the US does some truly fucked up shit sometimes and Cuba is like one of the worst things its ever done and it continues to make it worse.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago*

    Yes and i have heard from a redditor that is enough for them to suffer.

    Since they could just bend the knee to Lord Orange, but dont so they deserve this.

    And since they have the choice, between tyranny and mass death, that is freedom.

    Of course said redditor claimed to be an academic.

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