The blockade, which went into effect and is using US Assets to block energy from being delivered to the island because it does not have its own energy sources, has led to severe humanitarian crises across Cuba. Between January and March, nearly 100,000 surgical procedures were not carried out [in Cuba]...due to power limitations brought on by the fuel blockade. the fuel blockade. More than 11,000 of these procedures were procedures that had been scheduled for children. (02:25–02:37)
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Asserts that the U.S. blockade caused nearly 100,000 surgical procedures in Cuba to be canceled.
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