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Jim McGovern: “America's cruel and illegal blockade is creating a severe…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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'It Is Wrong!': Jim McGovern Demands End To 'Crushing U.S. Embargo' Against Cuba

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

The crushing US embargo has stunted their economic development and caused immense hardship. These US policies are human rights rights violations. America's cruel and illegal blockade is creating a severe humanitarian crisis [in Cuba]. denying energy imports which the Cuban people depend on for their health care, food distribution and livelihood. Cubans recently experienced the eighth collapse of their power grid since October 2024. (01:23–01:29)

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Asserts that the US blockade is causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba.

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