What is often framed as a “humane” form of political pressure is, in reality, anything but humane. The crisis described in a recent New York Times article makes clear that blockades carry an enormous human cost, and that cost is paid first by those who are already most vulnerable: disabled people, the chronically ill, pregnant women, children, and the elderly. When oil blockades disrupt electricity, transportation, hospital services, and the delivery of essential medicines, they are not abstract policy tools;…
Cuba’s Medical Crisis Shows the True Cost of U.S. Sanctions
