LA HABANA-Cuba today rejected the announcement Thursday by the United States, John Bolton, National Security Advisor on new sanctions to Cuban companies linked to the military sector. In press conference, the director-general for the United States of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, said that the announcement of Bolton in Miami will have a negative impact on the economy of the country, affected nearly six decades ago by the blockade imposed in unilaterally by Washington.
The director general for the United States of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Carlos Fernández de Cossío. Photo: Xinhua Cuba rejects the measures announced by Bolton and the language used by that official, as well as vulgarity, falsehoods, calumnies and unfounded references against our President and Latin American leaders, said.
Fernandez de Cossio said that the appearance of Bolton in the city of Miami responds to an electoral interest to medium term in United States elections.
There is an electoral claim that a policy of aggression towards Cuba improves the fortunes of the Republican party, specifically in the State of Florida, he said.
Bolton announced on Thursday that the United States Department of State will expand the list of entities or Cuban companies associated with the military sector or intelligence that neither individuals nor U.S. firms can make commercial transactions and financial.
Exhibition of companies in Cuba. Photo: Xinhua United States measures will hurt the people of Cuba, Cubans residing abroad and those who want a constructive relationship between the two countries, said Fernandez de Cossio.
In the opinion of the Cuban diplomat, the Caribbean nation will continue to “defend the sovereign right to choose its own political system” and these measures shall not prevent the country to build a “prosperous, Socialist and democratic” society.
The White House actions to intensify the existing economic, commercial and financial blockade for almost 60 years will fail in its aim to break the will of Cuba to build their own future, he added.
Washington measures were announced the same day that the U.S. Government received a strong diplomatic defeat in the Organization of the United Nations, where 189 nations of the world demanded the White House remove the economic embargo against Cuba.La arrival to the Presidency of the United States of Donald Trump, at the beginning of 2017, it significantly changed the progress made after the thaw in bilateral ties and reversed the policy of opening with Cuba begun by his predecessor Barack Obama.El year past Trump announced new regulations including the ban on individual visits by U.S. citizens to Cuba under the category of exchanges “people to people”. The new measures also prohibit trade of U.S. companies with 179 consortia and Cuban companies associated with the armed forces and security and intelligence agencies.
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