Yes.
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Frank Ventura
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 6:34 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Cuba Lost $5.6 Billion Over Last Year Due to the
US Blockade
Well she is a fool. When it is outlawed the customs service will make sure she
never sees any of it from her "connection in Jamaica". Is it called Depovera or
something like that?
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Miriam Vieni
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:06 PM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Cuba Lost $5.6 Billion Over Last Year Due to the
US Blockade
I was thinking about the Left's romanticism of those whom the ruling class
rules today because of a conversation I had with Tia, the home health aide who
barely aids. She was telling me that the birth control method she uses is an
injection that she receives every three months. I can't remember the name of
the medication used, but I've heard of it. It's something that is used a lot in
countries with poor populations. She was telling me about all its advantages. I
told her that the judge whom the Republicans are approving as a supreme court
judge will most likely, at some point, vote to discontinue insurance payments
for birth control. Her response was that she has a contact in Jamaica from whom
she would be able to get the medication if she can't get it here and she is
capable of injecting herself. I said, "But think about all of the women who
aren't able to do that." Her response? "Oh, I don't care about them, just as
long as I can get what I need". And that is why we will always have a ruling
class.
Miriam
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<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 4:55 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Cuba Lost $5.6 Billion Over Last Year Due to the
US Blockade
Behavior such as that described in this article causes me instant, undiluted
anger. And then I get angry because my initial anger does nothing to alleviate
the problem. There is not much in Life that I find worth hating, but violence
and bullies are among the top of the pile. One of history's great Socialists
said, "Do unto others what you would have them do unto you". This same young
Socialist< murdered at the age of 33, had a great deal to say about love and
sharing and caring. Because he was too popular to ignore, the Rulers of the
day set about making him over. They put him at the head of a mighty army, and
sang songs about marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before.
So many of our great minds preach to us about the power of love, and the
destruction of hatred. Why can't we get past the need for a Ruling Class? It
doesn't matter who the Ruling Class is, or what worthy reasons caused us to
embrace them. Every one of them has become self serving, at the expense of
those they rule. We need to gather our brightest minds and go to work
developing a Self Rule government. It can be done, even if it's never been
done before.
But if we do not, and if we continue to allow ourselves to be pushed around by
the Bully Boys, our fate is sealed.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/23/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Cuba Lost $5.6 Billion Over Last Year Due to the US Blockade By
teleSUR
23 October 20
Accumulated damages over six decades reach US$144.4 billion at current
prices, Foreign Affairs Ministry Rodriguez recalled.
Over the last year, the damage caused by the U.S. financial,
commercial, and economic blockade against Cuba reached US$5.6 billion,
Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez denounced before the United
Nations General Assambly on Thursday.
"Accumulated damages over six decades reach the colossal figure of
US$144.4 billion at current prices, which is an overwhelming burden
for a small country like Cuba," he stressed, and explained that the
sum is much greater in real terms.
"Taking into account the dollar depreciation against the value of gold
on the international market, the blockade has caused quantifiable
damages of over US$1,098 billlion."
Rodriguez reproached President Donald Trump's administration for
having increased the arbitrary sanctions against his country and
stressed that such a policy is a form of genocide and economic
warfare.
"The cruelty of the blockade amid a pandemic is unprecedented," the
Cuban minister affirmed and warned that the next U.S. president "will
have to face the tangible reality that the blockade harms the Cuban
people and violates human rights."
Among the new problems that the U.S. blockade causes to the Cuban
revolution are difficulties or the impossibility of acquiring drugs,
medical equipment, or protective material.
The information sent to the UN General Secretariat is the basis of the
draft resolution that Cuba presents to call for the end of the U.S.
blockade.
Every year since 1992, the Cuban proposal usually receives the support
of most countries, except for the United States and Israel.
