US Sanctions: 'Piracy' or Just Another Day in Washington’s Anti-Cuba Playbook?
📰 THE STORY: A Cuban official has accused the United States of 'piracy' for its relentless sanctions against the Caribbean island, specifically noting the impact on diminishing Venezuelan oil supplies and Cuba's determination not to be subjugated. The article touches on the tightening of a decades-long embargo and its severe consequences for the Cuban people. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU:
Historical Context: The US embargo against Cuba began in 1960 under the Eisenhower administration, intensified by President Kennedy in 1962, following the Cuban Revolution. It was explicitly designed, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lester D. Mallory stated in an internal memo in April 1960, to 'decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of
government.' For over six decades, this policy has directly sought to inflict suffering on the Cuban populace to achieve regime change. Double Standard: The US frames its sanctions against Cuba as a struggle for 'democracy' and 'human rights,' yet maintains robust trade relations and military alliances with dictatorial regimes like Saudi Arabia, which has a far worse human rights record, and has
supplied weapons used to brutalize populations in Yemen and Sudan. When Venezuela faces similar US-imposed sanctions, resulting in severe humanitarian crises, it’s framed as a punitive measure against a 'dictator,' not 'piracy.' Follow the Money: The drivers of the Cuba embargo include powerful anti-Castro lobbying groups in Florida, many with historical ties to the CIA's failed Bay of Pigs