Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation

[Marcus IM]

Two Cuban documentaries show effects of US sanctions on island nation

A Cuban journalist is looking to spread awareness of the US trade embargo in two illuminating documentaries arriving in early 2024.

Liz Oliva Fernández says whenever she covered news or events on the island, be it the push for democratic reforms, or the private businesses springing up after the Castros loosened their grip on power, they always intersected with the sanctions.

Those sanctions, first imposed six decades ago, are the subject of Uphill on the Hill, and Hardliner on the Hudson.

Oliva Fernández, who traveled to the US to promote the films she co-created, says the sanctions “have a huge impact”. “We’re not talking about a small country in the Caribbean sanctioning another one,” she said. “We’re talking [about] an empire like the United States that not only stops Cuba having normal relations with the United States, but also stops it having normal relations with the rest of the world.”

Rest of article here --> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/07/cuba-us-sanctions-documentary-uphill-on-hill-hardliner-hudson

[Judi Lynn]

1. Great article from a real Cuban. Basic common sense shines through, for sure! That's in short supply among wingers here.

So odd that so few actually spend a moment trying to figure it out for themselves, isn't it?

I didn't know "Senator" Bob Menendez' (New Jersey) parents came to the US before the revolution, just like Marco's, in Florida. Both sets "fled" from US favorite puppet, Fulgencio Batista, yet they both shriek about their hatred for the People's Revolution, and how they want a "Free Cuba" which they claim is far worse than the Cuba their own parents fled, just like Desi Arnaz.

Looking forward to seeing her videos. They are guaranteed to be great.

Thank you.

[malaise]

2. Effin evil

Rec

[Marcus IM]

6. It is so ugly for me to hear and read that there's peeps who want to continue starving/harming my family in Cuba.

None of their arguments justifying their pro-collective punishment position make any sense.

Evil indeed.

[malaise]

7. For some it is my way

or you die

[enid602]

3. Dollar

The thirty BRICS nations declared this past week that they will neither pay in nor accept US Dollars for their imports and exports this year. We might soon be trying to enter Cuba and Venezuela illegally.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Thanks for posting this information. Hadn't heard a thing about it, as I haven't been online today. Totally unexpected!

Will remember it, for certain, it's really significant.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Wanted to underscore the last paragraph in your post. What the author said is totally important:

“We’re not talking about a small country in the Caribbean sanctioning another one,” she said. “We’re talking [about] an empire like the United States that not only stops Cuba having normal relations with the United States, but also stops it having normal relations with the rest of the world.”