Ed Augustin
ON THE RECORD · 4 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“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.
“It turns Cuba into a pariah.”
Ed Augustin · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Augustin told Al Jazeera that the designation turns Cuba into a pariah.
“What it does is it contaminates, so to speak, the word Cuba in the global financial system,”
Ed Augustin · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Augustin told Al Jazeera that the designation contaminates the word Cuba in the global financial system.
“definitely makes regular people’s lives worse”
Ed Augustin · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Augustin told Al Jazeera that the US terrorism designation definitely makes regular people's lives worse in Cuba.