Challenging Biden’s Cuba Policy From the Belly of the Beast
US sanctions are shaping every facet of life in Cuba today. We talked to Cuban journalist Liz Oliva Fernández about two new documentaries exploring the roots of these destructive policies and what can be done to challenge them.
A couple walks in a Cuban neighborhood in Miami, Florida, on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)
Over the past seven years, the US government has hammered Cuba with sanctions, devastating the island’s economy and fueling a massive uptick in migration to the United States. But there has been little in-depth reporting on this intensification of the six-decade-old embargo on Cuba.
Belly of the Beast, an independent media organization composed of US and Cuban reporters and filmmakers, is a prominent exception. This month, the outlet released two new documentaries that look into what — and who — is behind the US government’s bipartisan, hard-line policy toward Cuba.
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