US Sanctions Threat: Weaponizing Hunger in Cuba, Again
📰 THE STORY: Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on any nation selling oil to Cuba, escalating the US's decades-long economic blockade. The former president declared a 'national emergency' to justify these punitive measures, aiming to further isolate the island nation and punish those who engage in legitimate trade. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has engaged
in economic warfare against Cuba since the early 1960s. In 1960, a declassified State Department memo from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Lester D. Mallory explicitly stated the goal: 'to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and overthrow of government.' The current threats are a direct continuation of this deliberate policy to inflict suffering on the Cuban
people to achieve regime change. Double Standard: While the US threatens tariffs and sanctions on countries trading with Cuba, it champions 'free trade' and 'market access' for its own corporations globally, even with nations accused of far graver human rights abuses or where US foreign policy interests demand such engagement. The blockade itself has been condemned by the UN General Assembly for
31 consecutive years, with the US and Israel almost always the only two nations voting against its resolution. Follow the Money: The military-industrial complex and the powerful anti-Cuba lobby (historically tied to specific Cuban-American political factions in Florida) benefit from this continued hostility. Political candidates, especially in swing states, often pander to these hardline