
Current Affairs Current Affairs Is Going to Cuba
Mar 22, 2026
A caravan of international volunteers is organizing to deliver medicines, solar panels, and generators to Cuba. The show digs into recent U.S. oil cutoffs, tightened sanctions, and long histories of intervention and embargo. Listeners hear about targeted attacks on Cuban medical missions and a global solidarity tradition rallying to break the siege.
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US Oil Cutoffs Are A Lethal Blockade
- The Trump administration's oil restrictions on Cuba function as a de facto blockade causing lethal shortages of fuel and electricity.
- Nathan J. Robinson links diverted tankers and resulting blackouts to risks like 3,000 dialysis patients losing life-sustaining treatment in Havana.
Blockade Meets International Condemnation
- The blockade amounts to collective punishment and violates international norms, yet the U.S. acts despite UN opposition.
- Robinson notes the UN General Assembly voted 165–7 to lift embargoes, highlighting U.S. isolation on this issue.
Decades Of US Attempts To Overthrow Cuba
- The U.S. has long pursued regime change in Cuba via covert and overt measures since 1959.
- Robinson cites the Bay of Pigs, CIA assassination plots against Fidel Castro, and the Operation Northwoods planning to fake attacks as examples.




