Sanctions-Fueled Starvation as Policy
📰 THE STORY: Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum warns that proposed new US tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba could cause a humanitarian crisis, as Cuba already faces chronic fuel shortages, 12-hour blackouts, and critical supply lasting only 15-20 days. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has maintained an economic blockade against Cuba since 1962, intensifying
after the Cuban Missile Crisis. This was solidified by the 1992 Torricelli Act and the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which codified the extraterritorial nature of the sanctions, punishing companies and nations doing business with Cuba. For over 60 years, this policy has aimed to 'foment revolt' and 'destabilize' the government by creating scarcity, as outlined in a 1960 US State Department memo to
'decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.' Double Standard: The Guardian highlights Sheinbaum's warning of a 'humanitarian crisis,' yet the broader Western media consistently presents such targeted sanctions, whether against Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, or Syria, not as acts of economic warfare leading to suffering but as legitimate 'foreign
policy tools' or 'pressure campaigns.' When US-imposed sanctions cripple a nation's ability to feed or fuel its people, it's 'democratization through deprivation.' When other nations might enact similar measures, it's 'aggression.' Follow the Money: The drivers behind continued hardline Cuba policy include powerful lobbying groups, anti-Castro Cuban-American political factions in key swing states