Trump’s 242 measures against Cuba
The primary source of Cuba’s shortages today
One can find on the Website of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs a compendium of measures by Trump against Cuba. It lists the 242 anti-Cuban economic and financial measures, sanctions, announcements, and extensions emitted by the administration of Donald Trump from June 8, 2017, to January 15, 2021. It declares that “the hostile policy of the government of Donald Trump against Cuba included measures and actions without precedent, which stand out for their systematic character. All spheres of our society and the daily lives of citizens have suffered from the impact of this plan, accentuated in the context of the pandemic.” The Website further notes that the actions were undertaken with the intention of intensifying the blockade and “economically asphyxiating the country, subverting the internal order, creating a situation of ungovernability, and overthrowing the Revolution.” With “emphasis on hampering major sources of revenue and hindering our trade relations,” the actio…