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Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 02:17 PM Apr 2020

US blocks sale of ventilators to Cuba after acquiring medical companies.

Source: Morning Star

STEVE SWEENEY TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020




Cuban doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba, last Sunday

WASHINGTON has been accused of showing “contempt for life and hatred of the Cuban people” after it bought up companies making ventilators and immediately banned them from exporting the machines to Cuba and Venezuela.

Cuba said it had tried to obtain medical supplies from 60 US companies for the treatment of coronavirus patients but had been ignored by all but two, with the US blockade restricting even emergency material.

The Cuban government said that in “another twist of this genocidal, inhumane policy,” US firm Vyaire Medical had acquired ventilator manufacturers IMTMedical and Acutronic, which immediately announced and end to all dealings with the socialist island.

“Unfortunately, the corporate guideline we have today is to suspend all commercial relations with Medicuba,” the companies said in a statement.


Read more: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/us-blocks-sale-ventilators-cuba-after-acquiring-medical-companies

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US blocks sale of ventilators to Cuba after acquiring medical companies. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2020 OP
Evil. Truly evil. NurseJackie Apr 2020 #1
+1,000 000 sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #11
He is. Absolute and Pure Evil. Dem2theMax Apr 2020 #16
No way to say that better than you have. Evil. Truly evil. marble falls Apr 2020 #18
I am NOT proud to be an American world wide wally Apr 2020 #2
I AM proud to be an American, Bayard Apr 2020 #8
i'll be proud if and when we get rid of him... world wide wally Apr 2020 #9
Trump is sick... ashredux Apr 2020 #3
My more appropriate description would be DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #19
It's isn't just Trump Jake Stern Apr 2020 #31
This is Delphinus Apr 2020 #4
Another act of premeditated murder by the loveless people who run this nation. patphil Apr 2020 #5
Our motherfucker wants to be the wartime president Scalded Nun Apr 2020 #6
Absolutely he should burrowowl Apr 2020 #24
Lo siento, hermanos y hermanas de Cuba. Lo siento. ancianita Apr 2020 #7
Inhumane yellowwoodII Apr 2020 #10
It will be a long time before the US is trusted again. For anything. Putin must be proud of his boy Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #12
This!👆 SheltieLover Apr 2020 #30
trump admin needs to be sued for human rights violations. Evil cretins. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #13
And to think the Orange Idiot claims to be the world's greatest Christian. Vinca Apr 2020 #14
Don't take it personally, Cuba. Shitler is also stealing Covid-19 supplies from US states. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #15
Not just "those states" DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #23
Cuba accuses the United States of preventing its purchases of medicines and respirators Internatio Judi Lynn Apr 2020 #17
Covid-19: Cuba Deserves Relief From US Sanctions Judi Lynn Apr 2020 #20
From Cuba,Blockade: U.S. Company buys key lung ventilator manufacturing firms for COVID-19 and suspe Judi Lynn Apr 2020 #21
This is beyond comprehension n/t lordsummerisle Apr 2020 #22
"Do me a favor" PSPS Apr 2020 #25
This is wrong. To be fair, many bashed trump for supplies sent to China in early February. Hoyt Apr 2020 #26
Pro-life kkkristians around the nation shout with glee. ret5hd Apr 2020 #27
How can anybody be that uncaring about people's lives? I really dislike Vlad Putin, but I'd napi21 Apr 2020 #28
There is a lot of T-Grinch going on... Newest Reality Apr 2020 #29
Trump's incompetence and narcisissm is going to cause a lot more deaths than neededf to be. Initech Apr 2020 #32
Flies...honey...vinegar... Wednesdays Apr 2020 #33

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
19. My more appropriate description would be
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 03:51 PM
Apr 2020

is that he is a Narcissistic, Psychopath, with an Extremely Powerful Sadistic Character Disorder........

And he is not the first one this world has known. There have been others: Hitler, Dr. Mengela, Charles Manson, to name a few that I can think of......

However, this man is every bit as frightening as Hitler, but with more power and ability to take the entire world out with him when he blows.......

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
31. It's isn't just Trump
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 05:32 PM
Apr 2020

As senator, a certain presumptive nominee for our party also voted for the embargo when he cast a yea vote in favor of Helms-Burton and a certain Dem president signed it into law without objection.

Have to give blame where blame is due.

Hopefully President Biden will finally bring this embargo to an end.

Scalded Nun

(1,231 posts)
6. Our motherfucker wants to be the wartime president
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 02:29 PM
Apr 2020

Then he should be brought up on war crimes charges.

I really do try not to hate, but before this episode in our country's history is ended I will have lost that battle.

DENVERPOPS

(8,679 posts)
23. Not just "those states"
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 04:09 PM
Apr 2020

But more importantly, the PEOPLE in those states, driven purely by political score settling. What a horrific group of people the Republicons have assembled at the very top of our government......(It's not really "ours" anymore, by the way)

You know, something that has made me wonder is that why None of his appointed group, his family, the Republicons in the Senate have become sick or died.........(Has anyone seen or heard from Jared or Trailer Trash Barbie these past few weeks???????) Maybe the virus particles look at the Republicons as so vile and despicable that they don't want to land on them for fear of dying themselves......LOL

Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
17. Cuba accuses the United States of preventing its purchases of medicines and respirators Internatio
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 03:34 PM
Apr 2020

Cuba accuses the United States of preventing its purchases of medicines and respirators | International
April 14, 2020 04



More information
Cuba denounces that the United States embargo policy is preventing its purchases of medicines and respirators, while continuing to send medical brigades abroad to collaborate in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. As the Cuban Chancellery reported on Monday, two medical companies that habitually supplied the island with artificial ventilation equipment, essential for the treatment of serious cases of coronavirus, suspended their commercial relations with the island after being acquired by an American corporation.

According to the official press, it is the Swiss manufacturer IMT Medical and the company Acutronic. These companies became part of the American corporation Vyaire Medical in 2018, and after the merger they expressed their inability to continue doing business with Cuba. “Unfortunately, the corporate guideline we have today is to suspend the entire commercial relationship with Medicuba; the only way we can resume joint work is through a license from OFAC [Oficina de Controle de Ativos Estrangeiros] issued by the United States Department of the Treasury and which we do not yet have, “the companies notified the Cuban state company responsible for importing medical supplies, said Eugenio Martínez, former ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. from Cuba in Spain.

The Havana government accuses Washington of systematically hampering access to medicines and medical supplies the island needs, which forces it to acquire them in much more distant markets, such as China, by paying for transportation and suffering unnecessary delays. “There is a group of resources that we have acquired and that if we could buy in the USA it would favor us, because it is a much closer market”, stated the vice president of Medicuba, Lázaro Silva.

According to the newspaper Granma, a donation of masks, detection kits and respirators by Chinese businessman Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba company – who has donated large quantities of these products to countries in Europe, Asia, the USA and Latin America, affected by Covid-19 – could not reach the island. The North American transport company hired to carry out the shipment “gave up on doing so at the last moment,” says Havana, saying that the current embargo prohibits the service. The authorities say that last year losses to the health system through sanctions reached $ 160 million (816 million reais), so they call for an immediate lifting of the embargo to better face the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, Cuba continues with its policy of medical diplomacy. On Monday a second health brigade arrived in Italy, made up of 21 doctors and 17 nurses who will work in Turin, a city severely affected by the pandemic. The team, made up of intensive care specialists, epidemiologists, pulmonologists and comprehensive doctors, adds to the contingent of 53 health professionals who are part of the brigade sent to Lombardy at the end of March. Most of the brigade’s doctors and health professionals have previously served in disaster situations and international health crises, including the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

More:
https://www.time24.news/t24/2020/04/cuba-accuses-the-united-states-of-preventing-its-purchases-of-medicines-and-respirators-international.html

Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
20. Covid-19: Cuba Deserves Relief From US Sanctions
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 03:51 PM
Apr 2020

Humanitarian deterrence of the virus, not Cold War–era regime change, should be the top priority of US foreign policy.
By Peter Kornbluh Twitter

MARCH 31, 2020

On March 25, as a team of Cuban doctors and medical technicians set up field hospitals in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy to treat thousands of Italians infected with Covid-19, the State Department issued an absurd warning, via Twitter, against accepting Cuban humanitarian support. “Host countries seeking Cuba’s help for #COVID-19 should scrutinize agreements and end labor abuses,” the message stated. “#Cuba offers its international medical missions to those afflicted with #COVID-19 only to make up the money it lost when countries stopped participating in the abusive program,” a reference to right-wing governments, such as those in Brazil and Bolivia, which under US pressure last year kicked out thousands of Cuban doctors providing medical services—a decision that has come back to haunt the populations of those countries as the coronavirus spreads.

Never mind that the 52 members of the Cuban medical team in Italy are risking their own lives to save those of citizens of a major European nation that is part of the NATO alliance. Or that Cuba, with its highly successful track record of developing antiviral drugs and providing rapid-response support for victims of epidemics and natural disasters, is a much-needed ally in the international struggle against the worst threat the world has confronted in recent history. For the Trump administration, scoring political points in Florida with crass, unwarranted attacks on Cuba’s humanitarian commitment remains a top priority.

But in this “dire moment of dread and pestilence,” as the writer Ariel Dorfman has described our current crisis, it is obvious that US political and foreign policy priorities must fundamentally change. With the survival of the world at stake, Washington’s punitive efforts to roll back the Cuban revolution have never seemed so petty, and so abjectly counterproductive to real US national security interests, as they do now. Rather than condemn Cuba’s humanitarian contributions to fighting the virus around the world, Washington should be actively supporting them. The most immediate way to do that is to suspend US sanctions that severely compromise Cuba’s efforts to safeguard its citizens at home as well as bring medical services to so many others abroad.

But unlike most nations, Cuba’s ability to confront the pandemic is hobbled by severe US sanctions that have escalated under the Trump administration. The trade embargo, almost six decades old, continues to hamper Cuba’s financial transactions and its ability to export and import needed materials. Among other punitive measures, the Trump administration has effectively penalized foreign shipping companies ferrying cargo from other countries to Cuba, impeding the flow of oil, foodstuffs, and other commerce critical to the daily needs of Cuba’s citizenry. Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, the Cuban economy was experiencing chronic shortages. There is such a lack of textiles on the island, for example, that the Cuban government has called upon its citizens to manufacture cloth face masks at home to mitigate the spread of the virus.

More:
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-cuba-sanctions-aid/

Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
21. From Cuba,Blockade: U.S. Company buys key lung ventilator manufacturing firms for COVID-19 and suspe
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 03:56 PM
Apr 2020

Blockade: U.S. Company buys key lung ventilator manufacturing firms for COVID-19 and suspends sales to Cuba. and suspends sales to Cuba.

APR
13
2020

Cuba will not be able to acquire pulmonary ventilators from several of its usual suppliers as two firms manufacturing this medical equipment have been purchased by a US company. These devices are key elements in the care of serious and critical cases of COVID-19.

The company Medicuba, exporter and importer for the Ministry of Public Health, was notified that IMT Medical AG and Acutronic manufacturers had been acquired by the US company Vyaire Medical Inc., based in Illinois, and therefore informed that "the corporate guideline we have today is to suspend all business relations with Medicuba."

The denunciation was made on the Twitter account of the General Director of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), Eugenio Martínez Enríquez.

Several suppliers informed #Cuba MEDICUBA company that they could not deliver contracted pulmonary ventilators because IMT MEDICAL AG and ACUTRONIC manufacturers had been purchased by Vyaire Medical Inc, a company based in Illinois, USA and the blockade prevents them from doing so.

http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/articulo/blockade-us-company-buys-key-lung-ventilator-manufacturing-firms-covid-19-and-suspends-0

napi21

(45,806 posts)
28. How can anybody be that uncaring about people's lives? I really dislike Vlad Putin, but I'd
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 04:25 PM
Apr 2020

NEVER withhold medical supplies or medicine from the Russian people! I don't think I've EVER in my 78 years heard of anybody doing anything so downright hateful!

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
29. There is a lot of T-Grinch going on...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 04:31 PM
Apr 2020

Their is a lot of T-Grinch going on while we are distracted by a MAJOR CRISIS. Imagine that, using it for ulterior motives?

The sanctions on Iran during the pandemic are at issue right now, as well. U.S. sanctions are restricting the flow of vital supplies right now.

You want worse enemies and even more hatred? Do this stuff. You want to show how mean and lacking in compassion a country can be? We are seeing that as the corrosive and detrimental authoritarianism of this MalAdministration.

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