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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 20 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Healthcare is the only thing Cuba used to do well. How did they fuck it up so much?

Edit: Read the article. It's an epidemic of a new disease (for Cuba). Any healthcare system would be overwhelmed. And the article is seriously overdramatic. I'm not making light of real people who are actually dying, but the article tone is jarringly melodramatic.

[–] rubdos@lemmy.zip 10 points 17 hours ago

Was there two months ago, got chikungunya. I still have surges of it, after about 40 days. Many friends there reported they and their families contracted it as well. The main treatment is paracetamol, but apparently even that is hard to get by.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Things are about to get worse thanks to the US neocons disrupting oil supply.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 14 points 19 hours ago

~~Neocons~~

Fascists

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Is the situation in Cuba really this dire?

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Limited resources and isolation imposed both internally and externally. It's not out of the question.

Though with how much such governments suppress information, and others push misinformation. We may never know for sure.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The US embargo is severe, their electricity problems are severe. Their hunger problems are severe. Now this. Poor souls.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

To expand a bit, the US embargo makes it so third countries don't sell to Cuba. E.g. French firms no longer sell equipment and service needed for maintaining the electric system. Even if Cuba can afford it.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago
[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world -5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

When Venezuela became closely aligned with Cuba, it once again benefited from external support similar to what it received during the years of Soviet backing.

Today, Venezuela is being held accountable for its own policy failures, and there is no longer a financial lifeline through preferential economic agreements into the island and makes blatantly evident the shortcomings of their model.

[–] neighbourbehaviour@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

What policy failures is Venezuela being held accountable for? Who and under what authority is holding Venezuela accountable?