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The dire situation in Cuba. (Original Post) Swede Yesterday OP
Kick dalton99a Yesterday #1
Genocide malaise Yesterday #2
I don't understand how this is allowed to happen.... Spazito Yesterday #3
Ding ding malaise Yesterday #4
I think it is a war crime? Where is the GOP? Where is the UN? nt wiggs Yesterday #6
Where are all the other countries who should be decrying this criminal act? Spazito Yesterday #7
Why, it IS a war crime AND... 2naSalit Yesterday #9
I agree, that's how I see it too... Spazito Yesterday #11
I grieve ... not just for the dead, but for the United States. Intractable Yesterday #5
In emergency conditions, those on the margins will die. Irish_Dem Yesterday #8
DURec leftstreet Yesterday #10

Spazito

(55,426 posts)
3. I don't understand how this is allowed to happen....
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:28 AM
Yesterday

what gives the US the right to blockade Cuba? To me, this is the equivalent of a war crime.

Spazito

(55,426 posts)
7. Where are all the other countries who should be decrying this criminal act?
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:51 AM
Yesterday

I haven't heard anything of substance from my own country on this. Yes, we are sending aid to Cuba but not oil which is what is needed most and not speaking out against the blockade in any meaningful way.

Spazito

(55,426 posts)
11. I agree, that's how I see it too...
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 12:16 PM
Yesterday

I can only hope the UN sees it that way as well.

Irish_Dem

(81,107 posts)
8. In emergency conditions, those on the margins will die.
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

The power going out for an extended period of time means people will die.

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