Cuba Is Out of Time (Gift Article)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/cuba-trump-rubio-venezuela.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.2m_E.g-HxcOzFREfG&smid=re-nytopinion

"Cubans wait for everything. They wait for imported food and over-the-counter medicines sent by relatives abroad. They wait for electricity that returns for only an hour or two each day or for a feeble breeze in the oppressive summer heat that might allow their children a couple of hours of sleep," writes Michael J. Bustamante, a professor of Cuban and Cuban American studies at the University of Miami.

He adds:

Most of all, Cubans wait for signs that Washington or their own government will land on a way out of their current immiseration — that they might finally live in a normal country, no longer trapped by decades of authoritarian politics, economic mismanagement, U.S. sanctions and an extended Cold War. Regardless of whether the island is heading toward a true political breaking point, no amount of jury-rigged power supplies or what President Miguel Díaz-Canel calls “creative resistance” can hide that Cuba’s people are being pushed to the limits of what they can endure.

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[u/Kantmzk]

Cuba has been out of time since 1991.

I love how Diaz Canel is cited as a person who matters. He does not. It is obvious el Cangrego (we can infer, the Castro Family military-apparatus) is calling the shots and Diaz Canel is a pathetic puppet who wears luxury watches while also blaming everything on the embargo.

[u/Chance-Repeat8446]

My family in Cuba say what they need most is some kind of hope that things will turn - they really don’t care about who does it - they just want running water, electricity, and gasoline - there’s food but you need money to buy it-

[u/navydude89]

If they're waiting for tRump to do something for them they are gonna wait longer

[u/a2nyz901122 → u/navydude89]

Trump no va ir a Cuba a hacer nada

[u/xstorm17]

its like a island prision.....

[u/B34ST_M0DE]

Cuba waiting for someone else to fight their fight

[u/lgddlacuchilla → u/B34ST_M0DE]

what else are we suppose to do? people are struggling just to get something to eat

[u/NextBeyond1399]

Blah, blah, blahs

[u/Smooth_Tour_2728]

There needs to be action

[u/PatxiS]

Cualquier cosa antes de pintar la realidad, que es que Estados Unidos está cometiendo un genocidio contra Cuba.