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today marks 60 years of the full u.s
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trade embargo on cuba signed into law by
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president kennedy the sanctions were
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strengthened by president trump who
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banned remittances created hurdles to
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tourism and fine companies that
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delivered fuel to the small island
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nation those strict policies along with
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the pandemic contributed to widespread
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shortages of food and medicine which
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boiled over in a wave of protests last
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summer but how are cubans faring today
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one year into president biden's tenure
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nbc news reporter ed augustine joins us
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now from havana ed good morning to you
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so we saw striking images of those
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protests there last july what is the
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situation on the ground now especially
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with the pandemic stubbornly sticking
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around
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well during those dramatic protests last
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july cuba was hit by a huge wave of the
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delta variant um the pandemic is far
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better these days in cuba thanks to
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vaccinations cuba has one of the highest
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rates of vaccination in the world 88
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of adults have now been vaccinated with
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home-grown vaccines and that's meant
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that with this omicron variant we've
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seen far lower levels of both deaths and
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infection rates in cuba than in the u.s
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and europe however that hasn't
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translated into a better economic
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situation cuba like many caribbean
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islands is highly dependent on tourism
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and it's just not coming it's coming
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back in dribs and drabs so that main
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economic engine of the island
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is still underperforming and cubans are
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paying for that
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uh economically
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huge food shortages mammoth queues
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outside supermarkets people going
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without antibiotics this has become a
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horrible reality for most cubans for
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almost two years since the pandemic
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combined with the u.s sanctions the
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economic situation is grim so ed these
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trade sanctions have survived 12
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presidential administrations becoming
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the longest embargo in modern history we
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know the obama administration worked to
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try and loosen some business and travel
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policies a move that was of course not
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then supported by the trump
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administration so how would you describe
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the policy these days under president
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biden and what's its impact on everyday
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cubans
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well i've got an example for you uh two
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days ago i spoke to 72 year old retired
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armando coyaso and he told us how he
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used to receive approximately a hundred
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dollars a month from his daughter in
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florida but since the trump
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administration banned remittances she's
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had to look for other routes
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and now poor thing she's over there
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looking for someone who wants to bring
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me something or if someone is coming or
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traveling here to bring me something not
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as a favor they charge her
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they overcharge her to be able to send
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me the dollars over here
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there are people who do this for a
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living
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they take american dollars and exchange
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them to our currency and bring it here
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but those people will stab you in the
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back because you realize that they take
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an enormous amount of money
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they make a huge amount of money by
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bringing it here
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and armando told us that he's one of the
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lucky ones miraculously he said his
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daughter has found a way throughout the
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pandemic to pay people to bring him
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those hundred dollars a month but many
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many cubans especially in the provinces
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especially in rural areas don't have
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that luxury and they've had to go
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without that vital economic lifeline
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from friends and family in the states
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throughout most of the pandemic
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all right ed thank you for that report
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from havana we appreciate it
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