@Rapidcreek to World NewsEnglish • 7 months agoCuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for childrenenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square52arrow-up1226arrow-down110
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkCuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for childrenenglish.elpais.com@Rapidcreek to World NewsEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square52
minus-square@eskimofrylinkEnglish20•7 months agoIf cuba wasn’t under sanctions, the playing field would be level. Yet you still blame it on communism as if it’s the only reason.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoThen why the embargo? Surely communism would ruin the country enough on its own and they could just lift it…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months agoThere’s an embargo on literally everything else that makes it hard to get food, including they have difficulty even transferring money, or getting the parts and machines to grow their own food, or oil to run them.
minus-square@RapidcreekOPlinkEnglish-11•7 months agoNot at all. Nice try though. If you want to buy them milk, the barges leave the US twice a week. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.
If cuba wasn’t under sanctions, the playing field would be level. Yet you still blame it on communism as if it’s the only reason.
And they still wouldn’t have enough milk.
Source?
Then why the embargo? Surely communism would ruin the country enough on its own and they could just lift it…
There’s no embargo on food
There’s an embargo on literally everything else that makes it hard to get food, including they have difficulty even transferring money, or getting the parts and machines to grow their own food, or oil to run them.
Not at all. Nice try though. If you want to buy them milk, the barges leave the US twice a week. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.