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When lights go out in Cuba, media blame communism—not U.S. sanctions (mronline.org)

submitted 1 week ago by 0x815 to c/news@beehaw.org

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Cuba is in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis, and October’s widespread power outages are only adding to the Cuban people’s troubles. For the last six decades, Cuba has been on the receiving end of myriad sanctions by the United States government. This blockade has proved devastating to human life.

Reporting on Cuba’s blackouts have either omitted or paid brief lip-service to the effects of U.S. sanctions on the Cuban economy, and how those sanctions have created the conditions for the crisis. Instead, media have focused on the inefficient and authoritarian Communist government as the cause of the island’s troubles.

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Por que no los dos?

Reading further, it's a pretty compelling argument that sanctions are the root cause, and this kind of instability and pressure is exactly what sanctions are meant to bring about.