Cuba's president blasts 'interventionist' U.S. amid protests over shortages
Asked in an exclusive NBC News interview about the recent protests, President Miguel Díaz-Canel lashed out at the U.S. embargo and said they were made to look like "serious events."
“we are going to continue building our revolution, despite the tightening of the blockade”
I haven’t been following Cuba at all, can someone more knowledge expand on this? Has the US tightened the sanctions on Cuba? I thought we loosened them during the Obama years?
Yes, Trump tightened the sanctions. Look for the changes between 2019-2020 here: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2022-02-02/cuba-embargoed-us-trade-sanctions-turn-sixty
And Biden even added a few more! That’s fucked up. Thanks for the link!
Why don't Democrats ever do the right thing unless they're desperate for an election?
