RE: Mexico sends over 800 tons of food to Cuba to alleviate an unfathomable crisis
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There are two discussions here my friend. Both quite long for this section. In the specific issue of the food being placed on the tables of regular Cubans, always there is going to be some level of corruption, but as a regular citizen myself I can assert that we interact directly with this help. It is like in the case of the crude deliveries. There are some narratives saying that the oil never ends with the people but with the bureaucracy or the military. Of course, they will always get a representative portion, if you want, you can say that the most, but there is a direct relation, in a proportional, positive sense, between the Island receiving more regular shipments of crude, and fewer outages, better transportation services, and the like. As for the YouTubers, many just point out one dimension of our problem —a gross manipulation—, that is really twofold. I have touched this issue in long-form here many times. By the way, I suppose the "USAid" reference is somehow a metaphor here. The only thing USAID did with Cuba since its birth, and till its end, was to promote regime change. If you talk about packages with the "Made in USA" label, again, that's another thing we can discuss.
That's full of narratives with no real proof. I think most of the official headlines are --a gross manipulation--. Not just in Cuba, but every media lie in every country. Youtubers are the ones less incentivize to lie because their income doesn't come from the government. They have nothing to loose when things go well. Also not just youtubers in Cuba but Cuban youtubers living in Mexico or Spain or others corroborate the stories.
Many people exposing the same narrative don't make the latter true. The major problem we have in this sense is that consumers don't look for hard evidence as long as the confirmation bias take control of their cognitive stances and procedures.
No, that's what the internet is for. If there is a way, people will publish it for views and people will apply it if it works. Just like a videogame cheat code or a tax loophole. But I doubt there is an independent peered review solution online. However there is an independent peered review confirmation of the issue. Meaning different people with no connection verify the issue at hand like a blackout or lack of food.