cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44160651

[a video about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva argued that the island’s food crisis cannot be explained simply by production problems but with more than 60 years of U.S. economic warfare against Cuba.

Speaking at the opening of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lula’s comments come at a time when Cuba is facing a deep economic crisis, marked by food shortages and long blackouts, which have intensified under the Trump administration’s blockade of oil shipments.