Some Cubans say everyday life on the Caribbean island has reached a breaking point amid a fuel shortage brought about by the U.S. squeezing the country’s oil supply. Meanwhile, Canadian airlines suspended service to the island and are ferrying tourists back home.
“For me, any change for us will be better than what we are living through, because what we are experiencing is not humane,” Isben Peralta told CBC News in a phone interview during a blackout.
“Some of us who have a little business have a bit to eat, but many, many, many people do not have it. It’s very, very bad.”
Peralta lives in Ciego De Avila, in central Cuba, where he operates a small pizzeria out of his home. He says he’s lucky — he still gets power a few hours per day, but says that’s only because he lives near a location where fuel is delivered.
“For me, any change for us will be better than what we are living through, because what we are experiencing is not humane,” Isben Peralta told CBC News in a phone interview during a blackout.
This is the point of sanctions. Get people to suffer so much so they come to accept anything in order to stop the pain.
As a Canadian I’d be fine if we broke the blockade to give a huge middle-finger to this insane regime. (Yes, internet-toughguy talk – I know the blowback to Canada here would be legendary and painful if we did so… so not realistic. But one can dream right?)
The Cuban govt has not exactly been a great beacon of human rights or anything, but the people who were unlucky enough to have been born there don’t deserve this. What a cruel thing to do to them. The US administration has no heart or soul.
I agree we’d feel some hurt. But we wouldn’t be starving to death.
For me it’s an easy choice.
We should be screaming from the rooftops about our gov’ts lack of action here. At the very least we should be sending a few Hercs down to Cuba laden with food, water and fuel … and not saying one fucking word about it to the orange scumbag.
That’s literally the whole point of sanctions, to make people suffer for opposing the US. This situation was purposefully created by the US
You’d risk sanctions and regime change? I mean cool, but there’s a reason nobody steps in to help whoever the US is kicking around, except countries already getting sanctions.
tRump wouldn’t be able to do a regime change here, and as far as sanctions go he’s already doing that.
The fuck we should be sitting around watching him do shitty things to a nation who has done sfa to him. Bullies need to be brought to their knees, not coddled like a small child.
tRump wouldn’t be able to do a regime change here
You don’t think the CIA has bot nets, money, and assets in your media capable of ensuring an acceptable candidate wins the election? Weird how rarely leaders hostile to the US are elected in the west, despite having a direct conflict of interest, and how if they are elected, they’re never able to actually accomplish anything.
Then again, maybe the senile old man will just order the military to kidnap Justin Trudeau.
Why kidnap JT? Carney is our PM now.
American here, most have no idea that Canada has a prime minister and not president, and JT was the last name most of us heard in relation to the Canadian government.
I doubt very much Trump knows who the current PM is, so I could absolutely see him demanding the capture of “president Trudeau”
‘gov’ts lack of action here’ This is exactly what your government wanted?
I’m Canadian, not American.
