US blockade of Cuba equals genocide
NATASHA HICKMAN reviews the destruction caused by a cynical policy designed solely to hurt and 'punish' the Cuban people
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
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Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
Nick Wright talks to photographer and author JANINA STRUK
ON SEPTEMBER 7, President Joe Biden, amid an escalation of US hostility toward Cuba, extended the Trading with the Enemy Act for another year.
This is the law that serves as the basis of the US blockade and has been renewed annually by every US president since Kennedy first imposed the cruel and punitive policy in 1962.
When the blockade enters its sixth decade in 2022, it will be as stringent and savage as at any time in its history. Arguably more so since the US government chose to intensify it at the peak of a global health crisis.
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