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Water shortages in Cuba are increasingly flaring tempers, including in capital Havana, as problems mount for hundreds of thousands of residents already ragged from shortfalls in food, fuel and electricity.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/o0fp1

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fhundreds-thousands-cuba-without-water-2024-09-13%2F

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[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Gee why is that? Oh yeah 60 years of an illegal blockade that every country on earth except US and Israel have voted against is united nations assembly over and over

Rules based order lol

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

So you're saying this unmitigated drought is intentionally orchestrated by the noble men and women of the government of the United States of America?

Joe wants this?

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah you're probably right that 12 million dollar a month loss in revenue due to illegal sanctions probably has no impact whatsoever on their ability to procure or process resources necessary for human survival.

Nothing can be done it must be hashtag godsplan

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