It is interesting that corporate news sites have all but deleted public comments to their articles these days. https://news.yahoo.com/black-lives-matter-blames-cuba-122530452.html A snip of the article; The BLM statement suggests the protestors are rejecting the unfairness of the U.S. moratorium on trade with Cuba, which it claims has yielded inadequate medical supplies and COVID vaccines, despite chants in the street for “Libertad” and other slogans repudiating the authoritarian regime of president Miguel Diaz-Canel. “Since 1962, the United States has forced pain and suffering on the people of Cuba by cutting off food, medicine and supplies, costing the tiny island nation an estimated $130 billion,” the statement read. “The people of Cuba are being punished by the U.S. government because the country has maintained its commitment to sovereignty and self-determination,” it adds.
BLM heads met with Maduro of Venezuela, at least one of them I believe is a founder of BLM: The Holy Father canonized Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez (?) recently, So, Venezuela hasn't made a total enemy of the Catholic Church. The initial stage of former Venezuelan president's Hugo Chavez's cancer at first was quelled, recovered from for what that mean. And Chavez gave thanks to St. Doctor Gregorio. That's a statue of Doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez he holds here: Misión médica José Gregorio Hernández: trabaja por y para todos | Noticias | teleSUR (telesurtv.net) It seems Venezuela is going both ways a bit on Catholicism but not the persecution as has been in Cuba and other countries. Venezuela does have big problems, people dying because they can't get there medicine, I've heard of that happening.
The only embargo is the one the Communist Cuban government inflicts on its own citizens. BLM is just another Marxist organization. Scary how so many follow them here in the USA.
The U.S. sends food and medicine constantly to Cuba. It’s the Cuban government that steals it from its citizens.
Yes. It's interesting that the Cubans themselves support the embargo against the Cuban government but our liberals here in the U.S. are spinning this big story to make it seem like Cubans' suffering is because of the U.S., not communism. Why are the protesters holding U.S. flags then? Since when did it become popular in America to defend communism over liberty? It's hard not to be infuriated over this. Trying to keep a spiritual perspective and a love for our enemies in my heart is very hard in the face of so much evil, lies, ignorance, and virtue-signaling. I must spend more time praying and less time watching people talk about world events.
A few years ago, just about the time when Cuba opened its borders to tourists, a young man from a Washington, DC, news station was allowed to fly to Cuba to cover the news there. It so happened that his grandmother or elderly aunt was living in Cuba and he was able to visit her. It corroborates what Booklady said: his aunt had one dinner roll in her kitchen. That was all she had to eat.
There is no such thing as a trade embargo with Cuba, or as the PCC calls it "el Bloqueo." Cuba is a U.S. trade partner, albeit in cash, no credit. And that is how the marxists are defining "embargo", an embargo or the bloqueo is that the U.S. is not giving them stuff on credit, IOW for free. Go to a military owned grocery stuff and you will find Heinz ketchup, 7-up, and other American products, but the Cuban has to pay in dollars to buy these. The Bloqueo/embargo cognitive dissonance is overwhelming. Cuba has no money to build housing for its people, But where do they get the money to build world class luxury hotels ? I'm not talking about hotels owned by the Italians or Spanish, I mean by the Cuban Military and the PCC. Who are Cuba's 2020-21 trade partners? Cuba’s main trading partners are Venezuela, China, Canada, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States, México, Italy, France, Germany and Russia. Cuba Balance of Trade | 1990-2019 Data | 2020-2021 Forecast | Historical | Chart (tradingeconomics.com) There was an embargo during the U.S./Cuba missile crisis, but there are no cruisers surrounding Cuba, since that ended shortly thereafter. ps Forgive me for using large fornt but my glasses frame broke and I can't see very well without them.
Thank you, I didn't understand this! I've been trying to learn more about the recent history of Cuba but it's really hard to find a good, truthful source!
If you look at the US trade information on this website, this is an official website, you will see what is happening. U.S. trade with Cuba tops $135.9 million through May 2021 (ustradenumbers.com) " Cuba’s total trade with the United States was $31.98 million in May, a change of 54.14 percent from the same month one year ago. The change in exports was 54.02 percent and the change in imports was inf percent. Cuba ranked No. 118 among U.S. trade partners in May. It had ranked No. 119 for the same month last year. The top three U.S. exports by value in May were Chicken and other poultry, (2) Returned exports, with change, and (3) Cell phones, related equipment. The top three U.S. imports from Cuba, also by value, were Paintings, drawings and other artwork, (2) Original sculptures and statues, and (3) Chicken and other poultry. By tonnage, the top three U.S. exports were (1) Chicken and other poultry, (2) Wood pulp from mechanical, chemical processes, and (3) Returned exports, with change. The top three U.S. imports, also by tonnage, were (1) Paintings, drawings and other artwork, (2) Original sculptures and statues, and (3) Chicken and other poultry." ps Duck tape fixed my frame
