Congressional Black Caucus members speak out against humanitarian crisis unfolding in Cuba
By Morgan CarpenterAFRO Internmcarpenter@afro.com The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is once again standing up for marginalized communities worldwide. Members of the CBC spoke out against the humanitarian crisis currently taking place on the island nation of Cuba. On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14380, titled “Addressing Threats To the United States by […] The post Congressional Black Caucus members speak out against humanitarian crisis unfolding in Cuba appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers.
Black News 
By Morgan Carpenter
AFRO Intern
mcarpenter@afro.com
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is once again standing up for marginalized communities worldwide. Members of the CBC spoke out against the humanitarian crisis currently taking place on the island nation of Cuba.
On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14380, titled “Addressing Threats To the United States by the Government of Cuba,” threatening tariffs against countries supplying oil to Cuba. The order has led Cuba to exhaust oil and power reserves, throwing the island into widespread power failure, according to the Associated Press.
According to the Associated Press, roughly 3 million people in Cuba currently do not have access to water, due to the U.S. imposed oil blockade.
The CBC condemned the suffering of innocent civilians in a May 22 open letter to President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Under the administration’s oil blockade and tightening of sanctions, Cubans are dying,” said Chairwoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09) in the letter.
Clarke detailed a variety of human rights violations. Leaning on reporting from The New York Times, Clarke said that “as a result of the sanctions, the infant mortality rate in Cuba has more than doubled since 2018. With food shortages leading to more underweight pregnant mothers and their newborns, too many Cuban children are unable to make it out of the hospital and home to their families.”
“The Congressional Black Caucus will not stand by and allow this administration to continue this barbaric policy that generates unimaginable human suffering in Cuba.”
– Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, CBC Chairwoman
“Enough is enough,” said Clarke. “The Congressional Black Caucus will not stand by and allow this administration to continue this barbaric policy that generates unimaginable human suffering in Cuba. We are demanding that you end the oil blockade, lift the sanctions on Cuba, and allow the Cuban people access to the most basic resources they need to sustain life on the island.”
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