Cuba accuses US of waging genocide amid power blackouts and fuel shortages | ABC NEWS

Cuba's government has accused the US of orchestrating a "genocide", months after Donald Trump first threatened to focus on the country once the war in Iran had ended.

US sanctions and "economic mismanagement" have led to a complete standstill in Cuba's health, humanitarian and economic sectors, experts say.

Cuba's regime has approved the largest package of reforms since former president Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, in a bid to revive the economy.

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