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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

In January they were short on medicine, I donated some through a local effort. Fuel is the main thing Cuba needs, but not the only thing, every little bit helps I'd think. The Cuba flotilla doesn't have fuel onboard, that doesn't mean they are going along with US sanctions.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

I totally respect you donating. What your choices are as an individual are very different from the government's choices. The Canadian government has capacity to offer help with the fundamental needs that individuals don't. Our government's choice to go with basic aid reflects a position different from yours as an individual supporting basic aid. They understand the situation in Cuba and the cause of it, and have chosen not to address the fundamental need in the form of aid provided nor to address the fundamental cause of the crisis in the rhetoric used. In fact, by choosing to use the framing of a humanitarian crisis in Cuba instead of openly recognizing it as an illegal blockade imposed to devastate Cuba and lead to regime change, Canada is effectively supporting the US framing that the problem is Cuba's government, which supports the idea that the US is justified in doing this as it serves the welfare of the Cuban people. So, yeah, Canada actually is supporting the US position on this, just as we conspicuously said nothing to oppose the regime change in Venezuela that has enabled this.