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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe dire situation in Cuba.
Cuba suffers its 3rd nationwide blackout in the month of March.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/cubas-power-grid-collapses-in-third-nationwide-blackout-amid-us-oil-blockade
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The dire situation in Cuba. (Original Post)
Swede
3 hrs ago
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dalton99a
(94,016 posts)1. Kick
malaise
(295,675 posts)2. Genocide
By imperialist bullies
Spazito
(55,407 posts)3. I don't understand how this is allowed to happen....
what gives the US the right to blockade Cuba? To me, this is the equivalent of a war crime.
malaise
(295,675 posts)4. Ding ding
Rec
wiggs
(8,789 posts)6. I think it is a war crime? Where is the GOP? Where is the UN? nt
Spazito
(55,407 posts)7. Where are all the other countries who should be decrying this criminal act?
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.
2naSalit
(102,404 posts)9. Why, it IS a war crime AND...
A crime against humanity.
Spazito
(55,407 posts)11. I agree, that's how I see it too...
I can only hope the UN sees it that way as well.
Intractable
(2,030 posts)5. I grieve ... not just for the dead, but for the United States.
What have we become?
Irish_Dem
(81,090 posts)8. In emergency conditions, those on the margins will die.
The power going out for an extended period of time means people will die.
leftstreet
(40,424 posts)10. DURec