Since 1903 the United States has had an expensive and controversial U. S. Naval Base on Cuban soil on 45 plush acres at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...although the U. S. also has many military bases in the Caribbean/Puerto Rico and in nearby Florida as well as other states. And since 1962 the United States has imposed a starvation-inducing economic EMBARGO on Cuba that in June of 2024 is indeed creating international headlines about starvation and blackouts in Cuba. The U. S. since 1903 and 1962 has justified its Cuban military base and its EMBARGO by merely claiming that "we are the good guys and the Cubans since 1959 are the bad guys.'" That reference to 1959 refers to the year that the Cuban Revolution overthrew the brutal US-backed and Mafia-backed Batista DICTATORSHIP, which of course permitted rich U. S. companies to rake in vast fortunes prior to 1959. Although almost all the rest of the citizens in the entire world strongly oppose both the U. S. Military Base in Cuba and the EMBARGO of Cuba, because the U. S. is the strongest and richest nation in the world those two things have been allowed to exist FOR DECADES...so it doesn't matter who are the good guys or the bad guys!!
The glaring headline shown above is flashing around the world in late June of 2024 from the powerful Reuters news agency based in London. It is a reminder that other Democracies, such as Canada, bow to the Superpower U. S. when it comes to things such as the endless EMBARGO and the endless U. S. Naval Base in Cuba.
Canada, as a supporter of the U. S. Cuban policies, believes Cuba should just submit to the foreign superpower and not seek help from other nations that MIGHT try to help.
Meanwhile, in June of 2024 there are indeed some children in Cuba who need assistance with food, as this Washington Post photo points out. This Cuban child doesn't know about the EMBARGO nor does she know about the reason for the powerful U. S. Naval Base in Cuba. But she knows hunger. And please understand that this little Cuban girl is not the "bad guy" in this cruel food cycle, and that fact begs the question about who are the "Bad GUYS" who don't like this little Cuban Child?????
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