Cairo, July 21 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram today criticized the United States’ decision to impose sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the blockade that Washington has imposed on the island for more than six decades.
The measures adopted against the president and other Cuban officials represent a violation of the basic norms and conventions of coexistence among nations and a disregard for the Caribbean and Latin America, said journalist Kamal Gaballa.
While the northern power is taking these actions, it is hosting Israeli war criminal and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he stressed.
The publication considered the U.S. State Department’s decision to bar the president from entering the country under the pretext of committing serious human rights violations in Cuba to be unprecedented.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is of Cuban origin and dreams of returning to Havana as the island’s leader, announced punitive measures against Cuban officials and various properties, including hotels, he emphasized.
He recalled that the economic, commercial, and financial siege against the Caribbean nation prohibits, among other actions, direct financial transactions and U.S. tourism, which, he believed, seeks to increase pressure on the Cuban government.
Al Ahram blamed the tightening of the US blockade for “the shortcomings and challenges facing the Cuban economy.”
I repeat what I always write about Cuba, that small Caribbean island, its people, and its government: it aspires to live in security and peace, and to protect its security and independence, the columnist asserted.
When will human conscience awaken to save Cuba, especially from the measures of the Donald Trump administration, which imposes even more unjust siege and sanctions? he asked.
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