UN Warns of Humanitarian Collapse

In response to Trump’s recent executive order that threatens to impose additional tariffs on countries that provide oil to Cuba, the UN warned last week of a humanitarian collapse in Cuba.

“The Secretary-General is extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, which will worsen, and if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. He noted that the UN General Assembly has been calling for an end to the U.S. embargo for more than three decades.