Original source: La Base
This video from La Base covered a lot of ground. Streamed.News selected 8 key moments and summarises them here. Everything below links directly to the timestamp in the original video.
US economic sanctions directly impact Cuba's public health. Learn about the lethal consequences often ignored by mainstream media.
US Sanctions Cripple 300 Cuban Ambulances, Infant Mortality Soars 83%
US sanctions against Gaesa, a Cuban state business group spanning tourism to telecoms, have devastated the population. A June 5 liquidation deadline has already idled 300 ambulances. A Center for Economic and Policy Research report shows infant mortality surged 83%, forcing manual chemotherapy administration in hospitals. This action is not a mere economic sanction, but a collective punishment with lethal effects. Attacking Cuba's public business structure aims to make daily life unsustainable for citizens, a suffocating strategy that violates fundamental international law.
"A new Center for Economic and Policy Research report states a Cuban baby was almost 50% less likely to die than a US baby in 2019. Today, that rate is 83% higher."
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New US Executive Order Imposes 'Banking Death Penalty' on Cuba, Sanctioning International Banks
A new Trump administration executive order qualitatively changed the blockade, allowing the US to act as a global economic police force. The measure bans any bank worldwide from holding US accounts if they facilitate Cuba-related transactions, even if they don't use US dollars or technology. This gives international financial entities an ultimatum: either cease all operations with Cuba or lose access to the US financial system. This more sophisticated, yet equally dangerous, logic acts as a "banking death penalty," financially suffocating the island. This extraterritorial application of US law forces global banks into hemispheric subordination, effectively blocking transfers, closing accounts, and paralyzing the Cuban economy as part of an induced collapse strategy.
"If you want to process Cuba-related money, you won't access the US financial system or the dollar. Choose. It's a banking death penalty."
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Cuba Resists Illegal Blockade with Solar Revolution, Emergency Measures as UN Condemns it 33rd Time
Despite economic strangulation causing blackouts and scarcity, Cuba shows remarkable resilience. Measures include adapting the school calendar and introducing electric vehicles for health services. This directly results from a blockade the United Nations has declared illegal 33 times, a flagrant violation of public international law due to its extraterritorial nature. Cuba's situation is not merely an internal crisis but a geopolitical reconfiguration. While most of the international community (165 of 193 states) formally rejects the blockade, Cuba drives a solar energy revolution with Chinese aid, seeking alternatives to a unipolar order.
"Cuba is weathering the situation with admirable capacity, unthinkable in other states. [...] With China's help, Cuba is driving one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet."
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US imposes de facto Cuba fuel blockade, threatening shippers with blacklists, asset freezes
The US administration has intensified its pressure on Cuba, directly targeting commercial shippers and intermediaries to block fuel supplies. Washington's threats — including blacklisting, loss of maritime insurance, and asset freezes — have drastically cut hydrocarbon imports to the island, causing an energy collapse.
This suffocating strategy escalated May 1 with a new executive order from Donald Trump. It now permits blocking assets of foreign companies — European, Latin American, or any origin — operating in strategic Cuban sectors, solidifying global enforcement.
"It's like being locked in your house without food. If someone tries to visit or bring you something, they face threats of fines, job loss, losing their home, or even their bank account."
▶ Watch this segment — 7:56
Mexico, Russia defy US sanctions, send aid and oil to Cuba, breaking blockade
As the blockade intensifies, Cuba receives concrete international solidarity, defying US pressure. Mexico's government sent over 3,125 tons of humanitarian aid since February 2026. Russia delivered a tanker with 700,000 barrels of crude on March 30, despite US and EU sanctions against the vessel.
These acts are more than humanitarian; they assert sovereignty against Washington's attempts to dictate other nations' foreign policy. Governments worldwide must move beyond verbal condemnations and take effective action to end this criminal blockade.
"The tanker entered Cuban waters despite sanctions from the US, EU, and UK. The justification for sanctioning it? Its clear ties to Russia."
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US formally blockades Cuban oil, citing 'national security'
The US administration formalized an oil blockade against Cuba in January 2026, invoking the national Economic Powers Act. It claims the island poses an 'unusual and extraordinary risk' to US national security. This effectively creates a near-total economic and logistical siege, sanctioning any entity supplying fuel to Cuba.
UN human rights experts call this measure, which cut key supplies, an 'energy starvation strategy.' Washington seeks state collapse through economic warfare, cloaked in domestic legality but violating international law, not negotiation.
"The U.S. claims Cuba poses an unusual, extraordinary risk to its national security. An island of 9 million against a global superpower."
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El PaĂs Aids "Judicial Farce" Against RaĂşl Castro, Justifying US Aggression
Spanish newspaper El PaĂs actively supports US aggression against Cuba. It frames a potential indictment against RaĂşl Castro for 1996 events as "historical justice." The outlet compares this move to the manufactured case against Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, presenting selective prosecution as a blow against the "Castro regime." It deliberately omits the context of Cuban airspace violations.
El PaĂs, by calling the events "RaĂşl Castro's confession," helps build a legal farce. This aims to create a pretext for intervention. The media's logic is not to inform but to justify pressure and legitimize future intervention, twisting a national sovereignty defense incident into a crime.
"El PaĂs's deliberate and conscious cooperation in US aggression against Cuba will be remembered as one of the worst and most repugnant chapters in the newspaper's history."
▶ Watch this segment — 26:59
Trump Escalates Cuba Rhetoric: Talks "Friendly Takeover," "Doing Anything With Cuba"
Donald Trump's rhetoric against Cuba has escalated in his second administration, shifting from sanctions to explicit intervention threats. After issuing a January 2026 ultimatum on Venezuelan oil shipments, Trump openly discussed a "friendly takeover" and his ability to "do anything with Cuba," even mentioning "taking Cuba."
These post-Venezuela intervention statements are not mere bravado. They reveal Washington's explicit intent to complete a historic project of hemispheric subordination, forcibly eliminating one of the region's last symbols of resistance to its power.
"Friendly takeover of Cuba. It's questionable if 'takeover' and 'friendly' can even coexist in the same sentence."
▶ Watch this segment — 39:10
Summarised from La Base · 51:09. All credit belongs to the original creators. Streamed.News summarises publicly available video content.
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