Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Helen Yaffe, Professor of Latin American Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, describes the "stark hypocrisy" of the Trump administration's complaints about Iran blocking free movement on the seas while at the same time weaponising starvation by denying the Cuban people oil. The US has allowed a…
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- Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Helen Yaffe, Professor of Latin American Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, describes the "stark hypocrisy" of the Trump administration's…
- The US has allowed a sanctioned Russian tanker to deliver fuel to the island for humanitarian reasons, saying such decisions would be handled on a case-by-case basis.
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- nts about Iran blocking free movement on the seas while at the same time weaponising starvation by denying the Cuban people oil. The US has allowed a sanctioned Russian tanker to deliver fuel to the island for…
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Why it matters
Why readers and decision-makers should care:
- Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Helen Yaffe, Professor of Latin American Political Economy at the University of Glasgow, describes the "stark hypocrisy" of the Trump administration's…
- The US has allowed a sanctioned Russian tanker to deliver fuel to the island for humanitarian reasons, saying such decisions would be handled on a case-by-case basis.