Havana, July 8 (Prensa Latina) The Portugal-Cuba Friendship Association (AAPC) rejects the recent actions of the United States government to intensify the economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Caribbean nation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated today.
A publication from the Cuban Foreign Ministry confirms that the AAPC considers the memorandum signed by President Donald Trump “a revised version” of a similar text signed in June 2017.
Thus, the Association denounces, the Trump administration “prolongs aggressive policies that seek to increase pressure on Cuba and constitutes an attempt to further oppress the Cuban economy and interfere in the country’s internal affairs.”
It also accuses the US of maintaining the siege for more than six decades and implementing additional measures that cause “serious damage” to the Caribbean island, expressed in the “shortage of essential goods” and difficulties in production and economic recovery.
Among the measures imposed, he notes, “mention should be made of the ban on transactions between U.S. citizens and Cubans, the prohibition on companies and governments in other countries doing business with Cuba, and sanctions on companies in the financial and energy sectors, among others.”
He also emphasizes that the illegality of these actions has been “denounced by legal experts and international organizations” and rejected in “successive votes in the UN General Assembly, which, since 1992 and almost unanimously, has called for an end to the blockade.”
Cuba’s inclusion on the list of state sponsors of terrorism reveals “the hypocrisy of the United States, which for decades has destabilized and interfered in the internal affairs of other states that, like Cuba, are governed by relations of friendship, cooperation, and respect,” he notes.
“The AAPC vehemently denounces and rejects the coercive actions of U.S. policy toward Cuba,” it proclaims.
He added that the “Solidarity Campaign For Cuba! End the Blockade!”, already signed by dozens of organizations, has grown and given voice to the resistance of the heroic Cuban people, calling for the strengthening of the Portuguese people’s solidarity with Cuba.
Why solidarity? Because Cuba has been facing a criminal, illegal, and immoral blockade for more than six decades! Because Cuba has the right to defend its sovereignty and decide its own path, without external interference or aggression, declares the Portugal-Cuba Friendship Association.
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