Cuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for children
Cuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for children
The World Food Program has already transported a shipment of 144 tons of skimmed milk powder in a context of deep economic crisis in the country
Its still absurd Cuba is under sanctions. The foreign policy of the US is so horrendous
122 4 ReplyAll because of a small constituency in one state that's not a swing state any more.
49 3 ReplyI’m sure most republican politicians would support it.
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It's* still absurd
4 3 ReplyFood doesn't fall under the embargo.
6 23 ReplyBut it ruins their economy which makes it harder to afford food
37 2 ReplyBut things that help them grow food does fall under the embargo, such as farm machine parts, gas, and tools. Also, it's still hard for them to buy food because the US males it hard to trade money, use banks, or send money back to Cuba.
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They deserve it, considering how unfairly they are treated by capitalists and their useful idiots.
19 3 ReplyI was on a small carribean islands during covid, part of the Commonwealth.
A lot of doctors sent from Cuba came to support us and we received plenty of equipment from Taiwan too.
From the US, China or the UK ? Nothing
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Lift the inhumane blockade and sanctions on Cuba already.
1 0 ReplyThere is no blockade or sanctions on food.
1 3 ReplySo what do countries need to get that food then? And what is stopping them from getting it? Couldn't it be that inhumane sanctions are causing a financial disaster and by extension people can't afford to import the things they need?
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Lack of milk in Cuba, a recurring problem, unlike most all caribbean countries
8 53 ReplyI wonder if there's anything different that would cause it to be harder for them to import things.
45 5 ReplyIt couldn't be a trade issue with one of the biggest milk exporters I'm sure
28 4 ReplyNo. Food doesn't fall under the embargo.
4 32 ReplyCommunist countries don't handle these things well.
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If cuba wasn't under sanctions, the playing field would be level. Yet you still blame it on communism as if it's the only reason.
23 3 ReplyAnd they still wouldn't have enough milk.
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What could be different about this country's ability to import milk? Surely it is beyond our ability to know.
21 4 ReplyThe only thing America allows them to import is weapons for armed groups that want to overthrow the Cuban government. I hear those are subsidized...
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