Cuba running out of medicine...

[ElJavi76]

I know there's plenty of propaganda flying from both sides, but it's a real shame knowing full well some of our friends and family are struggling due to lack. In this case it's medicine. Open disclaimer, I'm still reading the article but thought I'd share. 

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2019/07/24/cuba-the-healthcare-darling-of-the-international-left-is-running-out-of-medicine/

 

[Lotusguy]

I only have to see the domain name to know that I will never open that page.

[Nino]

2 hours ago, Lotusguy said:

I only have to see the domain name to know that I will never open that page.

Sure.

Nothing more insulting than the truth .... regardless of the source.

I'm pretty sure Michael Moore could do a better spin but the naked truth is what it is.

[Lotusguy]

Sure.
Nothing more insulting than the truth .... regardless of the source.

I'm pretty sure Michael Moore could do a better spin but the naked truth is what it is.

I’d simply prefer a non-tainted source (doesn’t matter if left, right, or center).

[dgixxer252525]

In before someone says that this is the USA’s fault....

[ElJavi76]

That's why I mentioned propaganda. 

To @nino point.. if the article appeared in the Washington Post or HuffPo it would still be about Cuba and their lack of medicine. Tough to read anything about Cuba without having some political stuff injected. I'm sure if you wanna read about it you could Google another source tho.

Here's to our Cuban brothers and sisters! 

Cheers!

[SCgarman]

Sounds like serious shortages of everything there and not getting any better.

[Lotusguy]

That's why I mentioned propaganda. 
To [mention=4742]nino[/mention] point.. if the article appeared in the Washington Post or HuffPo it would still be about Cuba and their lack of medicine. Tough to read anything about Cuba without having some political stuff injected. I'm sure if you wanna read about it you could Google another source tho.
Here's to our Cuban brothers and sisters! 
Cheers!

I really hope things turn around for the Cuban people somehow.

[treberty]

This has been a chronic problem for years...

Hard to imagine that’s it has gotten worse.

And sadly, this is not a problem that can be fixed with Cuban ingenuity.

[Rupe]

Regardless of whether this is the result on any embargo or a mismanagement of the government, it is a damn shame that the common people of Cuba (or Anywhere else for that matter) are suffering.

[Corylax18]

The loss/drastic reduction of Venezuela's free oil and the hard currency that it generated can't be over looked. Brietbart has no place in a civilized society. I didn't read their version of the article, but there are plenty of other, less self indulgent, sources reporting shortages of just about everything. Food, medicine, building materials, you name it. During our trip in April, we were given white, beet sugar. Produced in France. Yes, Cuba cant produce enough SUGAR to satiate local demand and the meager exports that China still over pays them for. 

The fact is, Cuba has never been self sufficient under the current regime. Russia, then Venezuela used Cuba as a very affective foil for years. We were stupid enough to be distracted by the shiny object. Now the veil has been pulled away and its going to be tough for the Cuban government to continue blaming every single issue on the United States. The U.S. cant be absolved of all fault here, but Cuba has received more U.S. money in the past 4 years than ever and the result is worse than what they started with. Apparently its difficult to run a "self sustaining" economy when other countries stop buying your sugar for $100 a kilo and dumping Hundreds of thousands of Barrels of free oil at your refinery's doorsteps. 

The worst part about this is that the people suffering the most, deserve it the least. Hopefully the second special period will be the last, unfortunately I think it will take years for anything to boil over, if it does at all. 

[Nino]

6 hours ago, ElJavi76 said:

That's why I mentioned propaganda. 

To @nino point.. if the article appeared in the Washington Post or HuffPo it would still be about Cuba and their lack of medicine. Tough to read anything about Cuba without having some political stuff injected. I'm sure if you wanna read about it you could Google another source tho.

Here's to our Cuban brothers and sisters! 

Cheers!

While I have an on-line subscription to the New York Times I am not that familiar with the US media spectrum. But I try to get information form all sources - a choice one doesn't have in Cuba ...

As to the medicine shortage : sadly it is never ending news, I keep getting requests for basic medicines from my Cuban friends for years now.