The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, has denounced the new coercive measures announced by the Donald Trump administration against the archipelago. Díaz-Canel rejected the U.S. excuse that Cuba represents a threat to that country and stressed that the blockade causes so much damage due to the “intimidating and arrogant behavior of the greatest military power on the planet.”
The statements come amid a tightening of the Trump administration’s sanctions policy against Cuba.
The new unilateral and abusive measures by Washington seek to increase pressure on the island amidst the intensified economic, commercial, and financial blockade, and the energy embargo imposed at the end of January.
The sanctions specifically target foreign banks that cooperate with the Cuban government and impose further immigration restrictions, in addition to blocking those who operate or have operated in Cuba’s energy, mining, defense, or security sectors, or who have provided material, financial, or technological support to Havana or other individuals already sanctioned.
IMAGE CREDIT: Cuban workers hold the flag during a May Day parade. Photo: Enrique González (Enro)/ Cubadebate.
[ SOURCE: CUBA DEBATE ]
