Thursday, September 17, 2026

US Blocks Shipments of Food and Medical Supplies

 

Desperate for Food and Medicine

The U.S. says its sanctions are not aimed at depriving Cuba of essential goods. Thousands of stranded shipping containers tell a different story.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/world/americas/trump-sanctions-cuba-shipping-containers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B1E.DHFG.OYnz-xSOUX3C&smid=url-share


My comment

This story is very welcome.  Now could you report on the legal and moral challenge of a unilateral blockade of essential oil, medical and food supplies. 

 Where is the editorial outrage about the consequences of returning to gunboat (or anaconda) diplomacy?

 The Guardian has published a story by Ed Augustin about Trump and Rubio cronies preparing to profit from regime change.  Perhaps some of them will notice that Cuba has finally taken  economic reform steps like our now good friends in equally one party Viet Nam.

 President Trump could surprise everyone and legitimately win a Nobel prize by going beyond Obama.  He has the strength in Congress to obtain bipartisan support to end the embargo and free us from the burden of the Guantanamo base.

 That will test the seriousness of Cuba's new policies for foreign investment and market economics.  A flood of US tourists, investors, traders, universities, sports teams, cultural exchanges and international financial institutions will foster natural fluidity in the political system. 

 Demanding that in advance creates the challenge to sovereignty that no country can accept, and particularly one that has struggled for more than two centuries to establish its independence.

 The US is not the only superpower ignoring international law and seeking to impose its will on a neighbor.   Let's link the US ending its economic and political aggression against Cuba with Russia ending its military and political aggression against Ukraine. 

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