hello, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. we will take you around the world to ask questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. the united states fights fires on multiple fronts. will it win? a briefing from one of america s best-known generals, david petraeus. we face more challenges in number and more complex and more dangerous challenges than arguably at any time since the end of the cold war. also ahead, the imf chief optimistic about the u.s. economy. cheer up, this is a new year, people. then can you feel it rock star lenny kravitz on life, legacy and vying for an oscar. and from the archive, the anniversary of the pope s first visit to atheist communist cuba. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. this year crises overseas could also tip the scales. first in ukraine where the war grinds on and president biden s request for emergency funding could die in congress.
times as much to ship supplies thousands of miles from south korea. it s both stressful and immoral, say the doctors. [indiscernible] if american people know this, things would change inlin less n 24 hours. havana looks like america, frozen in time. the chevys and buicks are all classics from the 50s. wherever you go, whoever you talk to, you always here people blame the u.s. embargo for all their woes. the fact is that cuba s rigid
the united states to end its harsh trade embargo against its island neighbor. i was in cuba for the pope s historic visit where i witnessed the impact of that blockade on the people. reporter: the casual observer may see all of this and think cuba is the land of plenty. but look a little closer and you will find a lot of people just looking. the typical couple comes here perhaps once every two weeks, examines every stall, and scrutinizes every price because the average salary is less than $10 a month and the u.s. embargo means that every pepper, every peanut is a luxury. this is where most people buy their staples, at the state grocery store where prices are subsidized and amounts are fixed, when they re available. every cuban household gets a monthly ration book, one bar of
to work odd jobs on his off hours. the milk he needs costs one-third of his monthly salary. others need medicine, restricted by the u.s. embargo. translator: the americans are strangling us. my daughter is sick, and we don t have medicine. they should lift the embargo. prescriptions for drugs to treat a basic stomach parasite are needed, but the pharmacies don t stock it. they don t stock much of anything. the shelves are practically bare. at cuba s best pediatric hospital, the staff works around the shortages. they ration everything from x-rays to operations. emergency surgery is performed, the rest must wait. the best, cheapest medicine and equipment are 90 miles away in the united states, but the embargo forces cuba to pay four
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