cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/51745080

August 13, 2026

[weekly newsletter about Cuba from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

The Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by Catholic Church charities.

But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage caused by U.S. sanctions and an oil blockade that has plunged the country into a humanitarian crisis.

In our latest video, Belly of the Beast journalist Yohan Rodríguez reports from Bejucal, a town on the outskirts of Havana, where residents welcomed the food kits but questioned the policies that made the aid necessary.