What Next | Daily News and Analysis Meanwhile in Cuba with Hasan Piker
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Mar 25, 2026 
Hasan Piker, left-leaning political commentator and Twitch streamer who joined the Nuestra América convoy to Havana. He recounts why he went to document U.S. sanctions and their effects. He discusses the convoy’s aims and criticism, shares human stories of healthcare and blocked medical supplies, and outlines his noninterventionist perspective on regime change.
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U.S. Sanctions Function As Economic Warfare
- Hasan Piker frames U.S. policy toward Cuba as economic warfare that produces collective punishment.
- He links Venezuela oil restrictions to rolling blackouts and collapsed basic governance like streetlights and long power outages.
Investigate With Local Journalists To Reveal Reality
- Use journalism and direct interviews to show how policy affects individuals rather than relying on abstract claims.
- Hasan intentionally linked up with local journalists like Belly of the Beast to surface concrete stories from Cubans.
Blockade Hurts Research Despite Cuban Medical Wins
- Hasan sought to make the blockade's invisible effects visible by interviewing scientists, doctors, and ordinary Cubans.
- He highlights Cuban medical achievements like an Alzheimer treatment while documenting how sanctions hamper research and clinical trials.