Joe Hendren (@joehendren): "Tabatha Arnold on her experiences of the US oil blockade of Cuba. It is deeply symbolic that US sanctioned hotels have power but hospitals do not, as almost mirrors the 1959 the US wants to recreate: a Cuba as a US client state, with little social provision for the poor, and an …"

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Tabatha Arnold on her experiences of the US oil blockade of Cuba. It is deeply symbolic that US sanctioned hotels have power but hospitals do not, as almost mirrors the 1959 the US wants to recreate: a Cuba as a US client state, with little social provision for the poor, and an economy focused on functioning as the playground for the American elite.

For those in Auckland interested in Cuba there is a meeting tonight at Auckland Trades Hall - ‘Hands off Cuba.’

Venue: Auckland Trades Hall (147 Great North Road) - 7pm start.

Speakers include

Cuban Ambassador Luis Ernesto Rodriguez,
Josephine Varghese, University of Canterbury lecturer, recently presented at the 60th anniversary of the Tricontinental Conference in Havana, Cuba

I had a different experience from most with the Nuestra América convoy, because the US forbids these large groups from a long list of hotels operated by the Cuban state. Many convoy participants got to have power during the blackout, because the few hotels permitted to them by the US government are also allowed to buy oil from the US, even as Cuban hospitals go dark under the blockade. This policy is designed in part to alienate US citizens from Cubans, and it helps foster negative press whenever well-meaning people travel to the island.

Tabitha Arnold

Mar 27

2:00 AM

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