“It’s been very difficult for Cuba to purchase machinery and chemicals to produce pharmaceuticals because of over-compliance and because a lot of the companies, even when they’re not based in the US, refuse to sell to Cuba. So there’s an extraterritorial dimension to this.”

Ed Augustin · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26

Augustin told Al Jazeera that it has been very difficult for Cuba to purchase machinery and chemicals to produce pharmaceuticals due to over-compliance by companies refusing to sell to Cuba.