US Sanctions on Cuba: When 'Humanitarian Crisis' is a Policy Goal
The Telegraph reports infant mortality is 'soaring' in Cuba, blaming US terror designation while carefully glossing over the larger context. This 'soaring mortality' is not a bug; it's a feature of over sixty years of crippling US sanctions, codified by the Helms-Burton Act, explicitly aiming to induce suffering and instability to force regime change. It's an economic siege, not a 'terror
designation' inconvenience. The US State Department designates Cuba a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism' despite the fact that Cuba recently hosted peace talks between Colombia and the ELN, brokered a deal between Russia and Ukraine on grain exports, and has a globally recognized medical internationalism program. This Kafkaesque labeling, a gift from the Trump administration, ensures essential goods
from medical supplies to agricultural equipment remain out of reach, choking the very public health system Cuba proudly built. One might wonder if the 'humanitarian concern' is merely rhetorical dressing for collective punishment.