Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoCuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for childrenenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down110
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkCuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for childrenenglish.elpais.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareWanderingVentra@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoThen why the embargo? Surely communism would ruin the country enough on its own and they could just lift it…
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·9 months agoThere’s no embargo on food
minus-squareWanderingVentra@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 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-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·9 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.
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.