https://peertube.world/videos/watch/36c60d8b-8107-4dd2-89e3-1f0b664c6ea9 Belly of the Beast’s Liz Oliva Fernández and Drop Site’s Ryan Grim recently visited the William Soler Pediatric Hospital in Havana where they spoke with the chief anesthesiologist, Alioth Fernández, and the parents of some of his patients. Cuba's public and free healthcare system was long considered one of the best in the world. Its doctors are top-notch, dedicated and caring. This is a story about what happens when the most powerful country in the world uses economic warfare to deprive a smaller country from obtaining the medicine it needs to save lives. The Cuban government cannot access the international financial system, cannot import freely, cannot buy what its children need — not because of indifference, but because U.S. sanctions have destroyed the country’s economy and drained the public health budget. When every dollar must be stretched across an entire population in crisis, children like Carlos are the ones who pay the price. "It's not that the doctors don't want to help," his mother says. "It's that they can't." #cuba #sanctions #blockade #healthcare #humanrights Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:52:26 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.world https://peertube.world/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://peertube.world/videos/watch/36c60d8b-8107-4dd2-89e3-1f0b664c6ea9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.world/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.