Category: Latin America
U.S. Coercion Is No Match for Cuba’s Internationalist Solidarity
After decades of being spoken about historically in terms of the Cuban Revolution and ideological anti-imperialism, the coronavirus pandemic has thrust Cuba onto the international arena and as a formidable opponent to capitalism. While Western countries struggle to cope with increasingly failing healthcare systems …
Cuba – The Endless Cruelty of US Sanctions – The US Intercepts Chinese Medical Supplies to Cuba
Cuba complained recently that a shipment of test kits, masks and respirators, donated by the Chinese Alibaba group, didn’t arrive because the American company tasked with transportation feared breaching U-S sanction rules. Washington imposed an embargo on Cuba in 19-62 after the island nation nationalized its oil industry. …
Despite US Sanctions, Sick Neighbours, Venezuela Still Has Less Than 200 COVID-19 Cases: Here’s Why
With ‘just’ 175 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 9 fatalities and 84 full recoveries, Venezuela has so far managed to stop the virus from reaching pandemic proportions. And they’ve done it despite years of US sanctions pressure, which has weakened the nation’s healthcare system and collapsed its economy. …
