Actually, the answer is Yes!!
But who should be blamed -- Cuba or the US??
Latin America's greatest Editorialist/Cartoonist is Carlos LaTuff, a Brazilian. It so happens that for many years LaTuff has problably been the most effective person in the world in denouncing the U. S. Embargo/Blockade of Cuba, which began in 1962 and LaTuff believes it was a criminal act in 1962 and, six decades later it has been shamefully strengthened in the past five years by the Trump and Biden administrations in Washington. Of course, LaTuff's massive influence informing the world about the issue is countered elsewhere, notably in the U. S. where the pro-Embargo movement reigns supreme. But below he details the pervasive side of the issue that, indeed, is causing some very disturbing food shortages in Cuba in April of 2024. So, let's start with Carlos Latuff:
Yes, except in the U. S., the unique talent and passion of Editorialist/Cartoonist Carlos Latuff remains the primary influence that reflects the world's view of the U. S. Embargo/Blockade of Cuba that, incredibly, has existed for over six decades, or shortly after the Cuban Revolution in 1959 overthrew Cuba's US-backed/Mafia-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. But, in vast contrast to the great Carlos LaTuff, the pro-Embargo/Blockade forces in the U. S. since 1959 -- primarily in Miami/Little Havana and, of course, in Washington, have wildly dictated the government's and the media's reasoning for the Embargo/Blockade -- claiming that it is designed to HELP the Cuban people, not to starve them. And, moreover, the U. S. media claims it is solely Cuba's fault for the starvation on the island, certainly not any fault of the EMBARGO.
Total opposition to Carlos LaTuffs's opinion of the EMBARGO are people such as Orlando Gutierrez Boronat who was born 65 years ago in Havana, Cuba. Because his views mirror those in Miami's rich and politically powerful Little Havana USA, the U. S. media lavishes mammoth coverage on such anti-Cuban opinions. Of course, it seems that in both the U. S. government and in the U. S. media only opinions of powerful pro-EMBARGO Cuban-Americans are allowed in the U. S. media or within U. S. political circles.
In these closing days in April of 2024, please note the blistering pro-Embargo article shown above written by Orlando Gutierrez Boronat: "Cubans are starving because their regime is no power-hungry." Of course, as far as the U. S. media is concerned it doesn't matter if the starving families in Cuba blame the endless U.S. EMBARGO, no one is supposed to care what the starving familes in Cuba think? What does count, of course, is what the rich & politically powerful Cuban-Aamericans in Miami/Little Havana think!! "The Embargo?" "What Embargo?"
Above are two of the pargraphs of the latest article written by Orlando Gutierrez Boronat that is getting typical pro-EMBARGO resonance in the U. S. in April of 2024. Indeed, as you see, the old Little Havana refrain for the past six+ decades has harped on how rich Batista's Cuba was till the Revolution intervened but it doesn't explain that, while the Batistianos & Mafiosi & U.S. bussinessmen were making wild fortunes in Batista's Cuba, the everyday Cubans on the island were without adequate food, shelter, or education.
But in Batista's wild & rich Cuba no one bothered to toss a few crumbs to everyday Cuban families, and Carlos LaTuff and others believe that led to a Revolution.
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