Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why
its troubles are far from over
Initiated in the 1960s following the communist revolution and
nationalization of US assets, the US maintains its long-standing economic
embargo on Cuba to pressure the Cuban government to transition toward democracy
and improve its human rights record. After losing its main oil supplier, Venezuela,
due to the US’s capture of its president by force, Cuba has also lost other oil
suppliers, including Mexico, because of US pressure. Now, the 10 million Caribbean
islanders suffer from severe fuel shortages, constant blackouts, and limited access
to water. Accordingly, garbage collections, hospital operations, and transportation
services, all essential to people’s lives, are affected. In Havana, the capital
city with a population of over two million, patients are waiting for surgeries
in hospitals, garbage is piling up in the streets, and people are spending
nights in their dark homes. Once the attack on Iran ends, will the US
administration move on to displace the Cuban government as it did to Venezuela?
Whichever the case may be, those who suffer the most are ordinary citizens.
Read the article and learn about the recent situation in Cuba due to
the US blockade.
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