I know what that reverberates into that means people unable to access hospitals, schools, grocers, sanitation. I know what economic asphyxiation, strangulation is, but I've never seen it in this dire. And I've been through Africa and war torn eras. I've been through Haiti after earthquakes, but I've never seen this sort of economic nihilism that's going on in the country of Cuba right now. We were there over Easter weekend. We did the ceremony to honor your father on Good Friday and then Easter Sunday was there. (12:59–13:15)
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Asserts that the economic situation in Cuba is worse than in war-torn areas of Africa and post-earthquake Haiti.
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