Washington’s War on Cuba Is Collective Punishment

https://jacobin.com/2026/02/cuba-us-sanctions-trump-rubio

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.

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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.