by Amy Goodman | Sep 22, 2026 | blackouts, Boat Strikes, child deaths, CIA, cuba, electricity, embargo, Foreign Policy, Interview, Marco Rubio, Monroe Doctrine, resources, Trump Administration, UN, US foreign policy, Water
As the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we speak with senior Cuban diplomat Carlos Fernández de Cossío, who says the Trump administration is seeking to “asphyxiate the people of Cuba into submission.” On Friday, millions in Cuba lost power in what was at least the sixth major blackout since President Trump cut off fuel shipments to the island in January. The fuel blockade comes…
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by Stephen Prager | Mar 20, 2026 | blackout, blackouts, Blockade, cuba, embargo, Gitmo, Guantánamo Bay, immigration, News, Sanctions, Trump Administration
As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba, a general told Congress that the military will “set up a camp” at Guantánamo Bay to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States. The phrase “humanitarian crisis” was used by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to describe the situation in Cuba during a Senate Armed Services Committee…
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