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.
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.