Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday condemned the US trade and economic embargo on Cuba.
“Why is there such isolation? It’s a policy of genocide… and I would tell them they look bad (to the United States), ”Lopez Obrador said at a press conference. Lopez has repeatedly warned in the past that he will not attend the June Americas Summit in Los Angeles unless organizers have invited all countries in the region, including Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
In response to the seizure of American property on the island, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 and then declared a trade and economic embargo. In December 2014, then -US President Barack Obama acknowledged that Washington’s previous policy on Havana had not been successful and announced the beginning of a move to normalize bilateral relations and ease sanctions. In 2015, the Obama administration announced that Cuba had been removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
The rapprochement between the two countries came to a halt in January 2017, when Republican Donald Trump took over the presidency of the United States. It tightened rules for its citizens to travel to the republic and banned doing business with Cuban -controlled organizations. military. Joe Biden, who succeeded Trump as president, criticized his predecessor’s approach to Havana, but extended trade restrictions against Cuba in September 2021.
On Monday, the U.S. State Department announced the U.S. decision to remove restrictions on the transfer of funds to Cuban families, allow funds to be sent to “support independent businesses” and support the private sector, and expand its embassy staff in Havana to strengthen visa procedures.
Source: TASS
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