The "blockade" of Cuba: setting the record straight

Responds to the paper by Ordunez-Garcia et al. in 86 (5) May 1996, p.738-43 to correct historical and political biases. Argues that the title is deceptive because there was no blockade of Cuba in 1898 and there is no blockade now. Discusses the origins of the famine which caused the epidemic of ambl...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 87; no. 12; pp. 2053 - 2054
Main Authors Perez-Stable, E, Boza, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.12.1997
Subjects
1991-1994
Communism
Cuba
Democracy
Epidemics
Food Supply - standards
Humans
International Cooperation
Letter
Neuropathology
Politics
Public health
Starvation - etiology
United States
Cuba
United States
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Summary:Responds to the paper by Ordunez-Garcia et al. in 86 (5) May 1996, p.738-43 to correct historical and political biases. Argues that the title is deceptive because there was no blockade of Cuba in 1898 and there is no blockade now. Discusses the origins of the famine which caused the epidemic of amblyopia in 1898; reviews more recent problems and hold that responsibility for the current economic disaster lies primarily with the Cuban government. Ordunez-Garcia and colleagues reply. (Quotes from original text)
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.87.12.2053