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Cuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for children

english.elpais.com 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

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Its still absurd Cuba is under sanctions. The foreign policy of the US is so horrendous
- All because of a small constituency in one state that's not a swing state any more.
  
  I’m sure most republican politicians would support it.
- It's* still absurd
- Food doesn't fall under the embargo.
  
  But it ruins their economy which makes it harder to afford food
  
  But 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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  Not even the CIA believes it was the fault of Cuba “In January 2022, the Central Intelligence Agency issued an interim assessment concluding that the syndrome is not the result of "a sustained global campaign by a hostile power". Foreign involvement was ruled out in 976 cases of the 1,000 reviewed”
  
  Also the embargo started way before 2016 so what weird point you have there to try and justify the richest government in the world punishing one of the poorest countries while it also bombs countless other countries.
They deserve it, considering how unfairly they are treated by capitalists and their useful idiots.
- I 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
Lift the inhumane blockade and sanctions on Cuba already.
- There is no blockade or sanctions on food.
  
  So 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?
Lack of milk in Cuba, a recurring problem, unlike most all caribbean countries
- I wonder if there's anything different that would cause it to be harder for them to import things.
  
  It couldn't be a trade issue with one of the biggest milk exporters I'm sure
  
  No. Food doesn't fall under the embargo.
  
  Communist countries don't handle these things well.
- 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.
  
  And they still wouldn't have enough milk.
- What could be different about this country's ability to import milk? Surely it is beyond our ability to know.
  
  The 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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