Dupont also pointed out that “the vast majority of the international community holds the view that economic warfare, sanctions, [and] de facto blockades are illegal under international law if they are not adopted by the [United Nations Security Council].”
The UN Security Council has never authorized the blockade against Cuba.
3 Comments
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 184d
More war crimes.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 184d
It is estimated that US sanctions cost an average of 500,000 civilian death a year for the last 50 years. That is 25 million people dead because we have policy disagreements.
ghost@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 184d
Holy shit.