Trump Demands Cuba Starve, While Negotiating for... What, Exactly?
When politicians like Trump declare that certain nations 'will receive no more' essential resources, the media often frames it as a negotiation tactic, or a strong leadership stance. What they rarely highlight is that this isn't diplomacy; it's economic strangulation, a tool the US has honed against Cuba for over 60 years. Since 1960, the US embargo has aimed to 'bring about hunger, desperation
and overthrow of government,' a tactic laid bare in a declassified State Department memo. This isn't about a 'deal'; it's about imposing suffering until a sovereign nation capitulates to US demands. This 'push for a deal' language obscures the actual objective: regime change through collective punishment. While the Financial Times implies strategic maneuvering, the reality is a documented pattern
of US foreign policy, one shared across administrations, designed to destabilize countries unwilling to align with Washington's interests. One might wonder, how many innocent lives are considered acceptable collateral damage in these 'negotiations'?