Mexico City, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba is completely contrary to international law and is abominable given the suffering it has inflicted on millions of civilians, the Mexican newspaper La Jornada stated today.
“Whatever the justification put forward by those in the White House for maintaining and intensifying the blockade, it must be remembered that it is completely contrary to international law,” the prestigious media outlet stated in an editorial.
The newspaper also notes that this siege—condemned annually by the United Nations General Assembly—“is abominable because of the endless suffering it inflicts on millions of civilians who have nothing to do with geopolitical tensions.”
According to the text, Mike Hammer, the top U.S. diplomat in Havana, announced on Friday that “Washington plans to toughen its policy of destroying the Cuban economy, in line with the measures taken” by President Donald Trump.
Since returning to the White House, the Republican has implemented measures such as reinstating the island on the unilateral list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism, tightening regulations on remittances, and canceling immigration programs implemented by the previous administration.
“It’s hard to imagine what new mechanisms the magnate and his subordinates might devise to punish the Cuban population because their authorities don’t submit to the superpower’s dictates,” La Jornada asserts, later referring to Trump’s first term.
“Not only did it undo,” he adds, “all the progress made in the last phase of Barack Obama’s administration” toward détente and understanding, “but it also added new layers of oppression and sadism that have plunged Cuba into a desperate situation.”
In his opinion, if during his first presidential term (2017-2021) Trump’s attack on Cuba seemed driven above all by his fixation on dismantling any Obama-era policy or program, now the virulence has become an organic part of his administration.
This—the editorial, titled Trump vs. Cuba: Hardening Sadism, adds—is due to the presence in the front row of figures such as “Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a member of the most radical and interventionist wing of the Cuban-American community in Florida.”
“Rubio, like Trump himself, continues to view Cuba through Cold War blinders, despite the fact that the Soviet bloc disappeared more than 30 years ago, because, paradoxically, the tycoon cultivates much more sensible relations with Russia than those of his predecessors,” he comments.
“In this way,” he states, “millions of Cubans are becoming victims of the outdated ideological phobias of a political group that has no regard for the liberal democratic institutions in whose name Washington has endeavored to destroy the Cuban Revolution.”
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