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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Helen Yaffe, Professor of Latin American Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, describes the "stark hypocrisy" of the Trump administration's complaints about Iran blocking free movement on the seas while at the same time weaponising starvation by denying the Cuban people oil.
#Cuba #oil #Russia

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#cuba #humanitarian #aid #arrives
March 20, 2026
CUBA
It's so wonderful to see and know that the best of humanity comes shining through. ❤️
To read the News and to see the sight of this ship was enough to make me cry with relief today.

Tons of aid flows into Cuba as humanitarian convoy arrives on the struggling island.
HAVANA (AP) — Some 650 delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba on Friday as part of a solidarity caravan transporting some 20 tons of humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis.
Mexican Ships Carrying Humanitarian Aid Enter Havana Harbor Amid US Oil Blockade


Fine words, which I can't help but agree with.

"So let me get this straight: Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz is 'unfair’, but blocking oil shipments to Cuba in order to collapse their whole country is what?
Fair?"

#Iran
#Cuba
#US

#us #Iran #Cuba


(17/n) #HPsCommentary

...reading to the end—a failing for which only one of the two can offer his apparent reading and concentration deficiencies as an excuse. The #Inspector General #LymanBKirkpatrick finds:
“CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Certain "basic conclusions have "been drawn from this survey of the #CubanOperation:
1. The #CentralIntelligenceAgency [#CIA,] after starting to build up the resistance and guerrilla forces inside #Cuba, drastically converted the project into what rapidly..


This is insane. Who does he think he is? He is out of control!

#Trump Told #Cuba That Its President Has to Go

The #US has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President #MiguelDíazCanel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.

#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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Officials in #Cuba report an island-wide #blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its #energy & economic crises deepen.

The Ministry of Energy & Mines reported on X a “complete disconnection” of the country’s #electric system & says it is investigating.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received #oil shipments in >3 months & that it was operating on #solar power, natural #gas & #thermoelectric plants.

#geopolitics
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Democrats file #Cuba war powers resolution

“ #Trump has been threatening a “takeover” of Cuba, prompting Senate Democrats yesterday to file legislation to stop him from going to war against Cuba without congressional approval.

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said in a statement: “Only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution, but [Trump] operates with the belief that the U.S. military is a palace guard…”

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“'Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way,' Trump told CNN Friday. 'I’m going to put Marco over there and we’ll see how that works out. We’re really focused on this one right now.'”

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #LindseyGraham #Iran #Cuba #war #death #destruction #violence #PerformativeMasculinity
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