{"id":8020,"date":"2023-03-24T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=8020"},"modified":"2023-03-24T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:20:52","slug":"embargo-on-cuba-hurts-u-s-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/embargo-on-cuba-hurts-u-s-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Embargo on Cuba Hurts U.S. Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com\/short-videos\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com\/short-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belly of the Beast <\/a>from their shorts series, Cuba is a natural market for U.S. farm products, but U.S. sanctions effectively prevent farmers from selling food to Cuba. Under U.S. law, Cuba can only buy U.S. food if it pays in cash, in advance \u2014 conditions under which no other country is required to operate. As a result, Cuba imports food from other countries that offer credit. U.S. farmers say they are being hurt by these regulations. Kansas wheat farmer Doug Keesling says \u201cwe\u2019ve lost this market\u201d to foreign competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"747\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dbZDMLVzEgk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great video from Belly of the Beast from their shorts series, Cuba is a natural market for U.S. farm products, but U.S. sanctions effectively prevent farmers from selling food to Cuba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":8021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2902,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/the-war-on-cuba\/","url_meta":{"origin":8020,"position":0},"title":"The War On Cuba","author":"Editorial Team","date":"October 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Produced by Belly of The Beast \"The War on Cuba\", gives an inside look on the effects of U.S. sanctions on Cuban people. 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