Green Left Show #81: Helen Yaffe: ‘This is a very serious moment for Cuba’

Latin American political economy professor Helen Yaffe joins the Green Left Show to discuss the current strangulation policies imposed by the United States government against Cuba, and the need for international solidarity.

This episode covered: 1:47 the current situation in Cuba; 11:09 practical impacts of US strangulation policy; 14:54 oil supplies from Russia, Venezuela and Mexico; 20:23 US-Cuba “negotiations”; 28:08 the Nuestra América Convoy; 31:36 Cuba as a positive example; 37:38 infant mortality and motherhood in Cuba; and 42:16 why Cuba needs solidarity now.

In the interview, she refers to this article she wrote in Jacobin.

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