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Jim McGovern: “There have been shortages, power outages, total power…”

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

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Under Trump, America is GUILTY of HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Published | Video Starts at 04:50

If you do, what have you been hearing since this embargo began? What's life like in Havana? Well, when Trump decided to deny Cuba access to fuel. Yeah. I mean, There have been shortages, power outages, total power outages [in Cuba]. I mean, people are like, what the hell? What the hell is going on here? Like, you know, what did we do to deserve this? Is. This is a human rights violation. (04:50–04:54)

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