Companies from Canada, Spain, France, Germany and Australia are leaving Cuba. They’re not fleeing communism. They’re fleeing U.S. sanctions. So who stands to gain?
Childhood cancer survival rates have fallen from 85% to 65%, nearly 3,000 dialysis patients have faced disruptions in treatment and 300 of the country's 395 essential medicines are now unavailable, according to a recent report in Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate.
U.S. politicians call Cuba’s medical missions “forced labor,” without providing evidence to back the claim. Listen to Cuban doctors in Italy’s Southern region of Calabria respond to U.S. accusations in our latest film, “From Cuba to Calabria.”
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Raúl Castro was indicted for the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes 30 years ago. The group’s leader was a former CIA terrorist who claimed to have renounced violence, but never did according to former Cuban intelligence agent René González.
More than 100,000 children have also lost access to the daily milk ration previously provided by the state.
Meanwhile, restrictions on trade and financing are also affecting the import of raw materials needed to manufacture hundreds of medicines domestically.
The fallout from Trump's May 1 executive order is continuing to ripple across Cuba.
EnviosCuba, one of the largest online platforms used by Cuban Americans to send food, clothing and other basic necessities to relatives on the island, has stopped accepting new orders.
The company announced the suspension just days after the deadline for businesses to cut ties with entities linked to GAESA, Cuba’s military-run conglomerate.
For thousands of families, these services helped to navigate shortages and uncertainties of U.S. economic warfare.