When I discuss the inhuman US blockade of Cuba for the past sixty years, many naive americans would say including the cunning politicians of miami fascist front that Cuba is free to buy from other countries and that the economic failures are solely due to the mismanagement and nothing to do with the blockade.
I was in Mexico when the Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel in Mexico City refused to accomodate Cuban officials because of the embargo! Long arm of the blockade into Mexico!
How heartless the embargo is, demonstrated by this piece of news today
You be the judge of this, who is suffering ? while USA itself received the donation of masks and covid 19 kits from Jack Ma.
I was in Mexico when the Maria Isabel Sheraton Hotel in Mexico City refused to accomodate Cuban officials because of the embargo! Long arm of the blockade into Mexico!
How heartless the embargo is, demonstrated by this piece of news today
You be the judge of this, who is suffering ? while USA itself received the donation of masks and covid 19 kits from Jack Ma.
Cuba: US embargo blocks coronavirus aid shipment from Asia
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials say a shipment of coronavirus aid from Asia’s richest man, Jack Ma, has been blocked by the six-decade U.S. embargo on the island.
Carlos M. Pereira, Cuba’s ambassador to China, said on his blog this week that Ma’s foundation tried to send Cuba 100,000 facemasks and 10 COVID-19 diagnostic kits last month, along with other aid including ventilators and gloves.
Cuba was one of 24 countries in the region meant to receive the donations announced on March. 21 by the Jack Ma Foundation, which is sending similar aid to countries around the world, including the United States.Cuban officials say the cargo carrier of Colombia-based Avianca Airlines declined to carry the aid to Cuba because its major shareholder is a U.S.-based company subject to the trade embargo on Cuba. The embargo has exceptions for food and medical aid but companies are often afraid to carry out related financing or transportation due to the risk of fines or prosecution under the embargo.
