How the US "State Sponsors of Terrorism List" Reinforces the Illegal Blockade of Cuba

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3. Starving families

Yes, remember the starving families. They are starving because Castro imposed communisn on them and deprived them of the capitalist paradise they enjoyed under Bautista. Or perhaps, as Castro said, it's all the fault of the Yankee sanctions. Guess what. The truth is little more complicated. I know several people who travel back and forth regularly. They do support their relatives, but they also bring back major quantities of rum and cigars. They claim their Cuban relatives are poor and oppressed, but starving? No.