“This is mass murder by policy. And the world has spoken several times over that this is an egregious crime against humanity, to punish 11 million people on a peaceful island that has done nothing but try to advance humanity.” Cuba is suffering its third nationwide blackout of the year, a direct result of the US’ total fuel blockade on the island which is now killing children and other medically vulnerable Cubans. And still Havana notched another win at the UN on Tuesday, as 136 member states voted with it to open General Assembly debate on Washington’s economic, commercial and financial embargo — many despite exposed bullying from Rubio and Trump, desperate to maintain their “Cold War grudge.” Abby Martin, Empire Files journalist and filmmaker, joins BT Live to discuss the most dramatic moment in US-Cuba relations yet; the “frothing-at-the-mouth imperialist fervor” driving Trump’s Donroe Doctrine in Latin America and the Carribean; and the new BreakThrough News film she co-directed, Cuba After Castro, featuring the first American interview with President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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