Suffocating an Island: What the U.S. Blockade Is Doing to Cuba

Marta Jimnez, a hairdresser in Cubas eastern city of Holgun, covered her face with her hands and broke down crying when I asked her about Trumps blockade of the islandespecially now that the U.S. is choking off oil shipments.

By Medea Benjamin

We came to Holgun to deliver 2,500 pounds of lentils, thanks to fundraising by CODEPINK and the Cuban-American group Puentes de Amor. On our last trip, we brought 50-