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6 April 2020

Washington Slams Cuba’s Doctors as US Embargo Blocks Coronavirus Aid
By Dave DeCamp


The coronavirus pandemic is exposing the cruelty of US imperialism to the world as Washington’s crippling economic sanctions remain in full effect. The decades-old US embargo on Cuba blocked a coronavirus aid shipment from a Chinese entrepreneur last month, another example in a long list of US policies hampering the world’s efforts to combat the virus. On top of the blocked aid, the State Department is urging other countries not to accept help from Cuba’s state-run international medical program.


Jack Ma, the founder of the Chinese company Alibaba, included Cuba in a list of countries that his foundation was going to supply with coronavirus aid. Ma’s foundation was going to send Cuba 100,000 facemasks, 10 COVID-19 test kits, and other aid, including ventilators and gloves. The Colombia-based Avianca Airlines refused to carry the aid to Cuba since the company’s major shareholder is US-based and subject to the US trade embargo. As of Sunday, Cuba has over 300 confirmed coronavirus cases.

The Trump administration has been especially hawkish towards Cuba and reversed most of President Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with the island-nation. Most recently, the US added sanctions over Cuba’s support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Cuba and Venezuela are part of what former National Security Advisor John Bolton dubbed the “Troika of Tyranny,” Nicaragua being the third country. Bolton may be gone, but the Trump administration continues to ramp up economic warfare against the three left-wing governments.

In the first weeks of March, the Trump administration added sanctions on Nicaragua, and the House passed a bill that will add even more if signed into law. On March 26th, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Maduro and other Venezuelan government officials, accusing them of “narco-terrorism.” The indictment put a $15 million bounty on Maduro, and the administration later announced it was deploying Navy ships off the coast of Venezuela – the largest US military buildup in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

The presence of Cuban doctors in Venezuela is something Washington likes to point to as evidence of Cuba’s efforts to keep Maduro in power.


Cuba’s medical diplomacy is a key aspect of the country’s foreign policy, and there are currently around 37,000 Cuban medical workers deployed in 67 countries. Some of the medical professionals are part of free humanitarian aid missions, but most are part of missions paid for by the host government. Cuba brings in around $6 billion a year from exporting its medical services, a vital revenue stream the Trump administration is working to impede.

The Trump administration has been persuading countries to not hire Cuban doctors on the grounds of bad labor practices. When governments friendlier to Washington come into power in Latin America, Cuban doctors are one of the first things to go. After the US-backed coup in Bolivia last year, Cuban doctors were expelled, and some even arrested. Ecuador’s government of Lenin Moreno also cut ties with Havana’s medical program last year.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro terminated the country’s medical program with Cuba when he won the election in 2018. Bolsonaro’s decision was a huge blow to the program, and almost 9,000 doctors were expelled from Brazil. But in the face of a coronavirus, the Brazilian government requested for thousands of Cuban doctors to return. Dozens of other governments have asked for the help of Cuban doctors to help control the outbreak of coronavirus, including Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by the virus.

The pandemic has not stopped Washington from discouraging other countries from using Cuban medical professionals. “Cuba offers its international medical missions to those afflicted with #COVID–19 only to make up the money it lost when countries stopped participating in the abusive program. Host countries seeking Cuba’s help for #COVID–19 should scrutinize agreements and end labor abuses,” the State Department said on Twitter on March 24th, just a few days after doctors started to arrive in Italy.

The allegation against Cuba is that the government only pays its doctors 25 percent of the money made on the overseas medical program, and they are forced to work long hours in unsafe conditions. But these accusations ring hollow while US policy blocks coronavirus aid and exacerbates outbreaks in countries like Iran. Regardless of questionable labor practices, right now, Cuba is sending the world doctors as the US is sending warships and missiles.

Barack Obama’s only decent foreign policy achievements were the steps to normalize relations with Cuba and the Iran nuclear deal. President Trump sabotaged these efforts and is now waging an economic war against both countries. History shows that the US embargo on Cuba will do nothing to change the country’s government and will only hurt its people. As the world faces this pandemic, now is the time to lift the embargo and end all economic sanctions or history will remember the US as the country that weaponized the outbreak.
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the bossman said:
As much as I want all this shyt to be over. Don't fall for this.

Massive layoffs about to hit this month. DOW gonna come right back down
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I think the obvious take away here is that how can the DOW do that well when millions of people are newly unemployed? How can that be an accurate gauge of the health of the economy?
 
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Jesus is my protector said:
These old people are dumb as fukk including my mother and others in my family.
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Mom's came down with a terrible flu back in Jan. Was weak and had to go the hospital.

She got better but we figured out a few week ago that she probably had the stuff.

Thing is, she was taken medicine during recovery, but telling me about god...

My pops was like..: Didn't you say you were aching, with a fever, and you heard a rattle in your chest...That might have been covid.

Mom: I was covered under the blood. And i took a garlic, honey, boiled up some tea and good old chicken soup.

Me and him: That could've been pneumonia-

Her: NO!!!I caught it and binded it up before that. I'm protected...


:gucci::what::snoop:


Stubborn Older Church folks brehs

And she's a nurse.

Luckily the doc told her to stay at home and keep away from folks. They didn't know it was Rona at the time.
 
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JLova said:
This virus does not give a shyt who you are. It is coming for you. Class, race, gender, etc. It does not discriminate. The fact that his dude took it so lightly and went around to shaking their hands...If he dies...hr amount of hysteria that will ensue :francis:

Maybe folk will take it seriously. I was out today to go get my blood checked and so many people out for a stroll no mask or gloves. People not taking this seriously man. I felt disgusting out there. Gloves and had a mask on and could not wait to get home.

Going on week 4 I been outside twice. STAY THE fukk HOME.
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I feel by July, anyone who hasn't been following the guidelines will have either caught it, died or recovered. While most but not all people following the stay at home orders will be fine. Not to say this is going away by July but I feel like we will hit a crossroads by then that will indicate which direction we're heading.
 
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levitate said:
shyt peaking.
I’m focusing on facts.
You’re focusing on fear.
This virus has been tamed.


shyt not even gonna kill as many as the seasonal flu...

:why:

“There will be millions of deaths” ass nikka...

“we’re about to collapse as a society” ass nikka”

“there will be mass cannabilism in the US” ass nikkas
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The only reason the virus might look to have been "tamed" to a slow thinker like you is because people are being mandated to stay inside. If we treated this as the seasonal flu, doing nothing to curb social interaction, society would collapse. The term "peaking" doesn't speak to the lethality of the virus and its contagiousness; it's in reference to its capacity to spread among the community, the peak usually reached when a sufficient number of citizens are practicing proper social distancing.

You're still not getting back summer, and will probably receive fall and winter in small increments, with society still shutdown to a degree. 2020 is a wrap. Get over it.

:mjgrin:
 
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I Really Mean It said:
The only reason the virus might look to have been "tamed" to a slow thinker like you is because people are being mandated to stay inside. If we treated this as the seasonal flu, doing nothing to curb social interaction, society would collapse. The term "peaking" doesn't speak to the lethality of the virus and its contagiousness; it's in reference to its capacity to spread among the community, the peak usually reached when a sufficient number of citizens are practicing proper social distancing.

You're still not getting back summer, and will probably receive fall and winter in small increments, with society still shutdown to a degree. 2020 is a wrap. Get over it.

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But why does it sound like this is something you want to happen? To be honest, you (and others) sound like miserable people to be around :yeshrug:
 
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