Tag: US embargo

The War on Cuba and Venezuela – CounterPunch.org

Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Why are Havana’s food markets so empty? For the Cuban people, the U.S. War on Venezuela stands out as a clear culprit contributing to these daily frustrations and hardships.

The War on Cuba and Venezuela – CounterPunch.org

US bans cruise ship travel to Cuba amid new restrictions – BBC News

A man holds a Cuban flag with a cruise ship in the background

In a statement, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross added: “Cuba remains communist, and the United States, under the previous administration, made too many concessions to one of our historically most aggressive adversaries.”
Media caption Life after Castro – ‘We have to continue the revolution’

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who travelled to Washington in 2015 to re-open the Cuban embassy, criticised the latest move as “an attack on international law”, adding that it was “aimed at suffocating” the country’s economy.
The White House announced in April that Cuban-Americans and US businesses could sue companies who use or own property that was seized from Americans during the 1959 Cuban Revolution.

The US is the most aggressive Country on the planet with a military presance in 164 different nations. It has a secret deployment of 59,000 troops being paid but unaccounted for in places unknown. Currently it’s cosing up to far greater and mor serious dictatorships both Right and left far more aggresive than CUBA. Nth Korea Saudi Arabia Egypt, Ukraine, Hungary Israel etc. American surveillance is the biggest on the planet despite the fact they are the worst. (ODT)

How many does Cuba have other than Doctors, Health professionals and teachers. This is an embargo that has been in effect for over 60 years why. To protect the US Health and Pharma Industries for one. American companies would flood to Cuba if the embargo was lifted along with consumers. (ODT

US bans cruise ship travel to Cuba amid new restrictions – BBC News

Calling for the return of Guantanamo and embargo reparations is a position that is well-received among Cubans.

US embargo delays Ebola doctors pay from Cuba – Middle East – Al Jazeera English

 

US embargo delays Ebola doctors pay from Cuba – Middle East – Al Jazeera English.