Chávez, Oil-for-Doctors, and Survival After USSR

Air Date: 4/3/2026

Today we examine how decades of U.S. policy toward Cuba set the stage for the current crisis, we explore the human cost of the U.S. oil blockade on Cuba's 11 million people, and how the U.S. justifies an illegal siege while claiming to act in Cuba's interest using time-tested propaganda tactics.

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(00:49:58) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

The Word "Sanctions" Is Hiding a Blockade — US Propaganda Hides Human Rights Abuses in Cuba

DEEPER DIVES

(01:00:46) SECTION A: HISTORY

(01:35:03) SECTION B: CURRENT CRISIS

(02:20:27) SECTION C: SOLIDARITY

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Composite image of the Cuban flag with the shadow of the United State of America over it.

Credit: Internal design. Component images from Pixabay

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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