The drop in U.S. life expectancy has put the country only a few years above the world average, while in 1960, it was 17 years ahead.
  • AntifaSuperWombat [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There is a wide disparity between ethnic groups in the U.S. as well as gender. For example, an Asian woman is expected to live to 85.6, while for a Black man, the figure is 66.7 years.

    Almost 20 fucking years! That’s beyond absurd, holy shit.

    • ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      And the US lectures the world on human rights and admonishes countries for how they treat minority populations

  • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lol, imagine losing in terms of quality of life to a nation that you’ve embargoed and done everything to make their lives miserable.

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          It’s still part of Cuba, but it’s on lease for undetermined term (to end it, both side would havd to agree or USA would have to unilaterally and completely withdraw). About jurisdiction:

          Article 3 – Cuba retains ultimate sovereignty, but during the occupation, the U.S. exercises sole jurisdiction over the areas described in Article 1. Under conditions to be agreed on, the U.S. has the right to acquire, by purchase or eminent domain, any land included therein.

          Of course as it is immediately obvious, it was an extortion and is really an occupation. Problem lies in that evicting the base would require military action and it would be a war.