HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 2 (ACN) Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio met at the island’s Embassy in Washington with a representation of Cuban nationals living in the United States, to talk about the current and foreseeable status of U.S.-Cuba relations and their possible impact on the island, based on Washington’s purpose of increasing what Donald Trump called a policy of maximum pressure during his first term (2017-2021).
“Judging by the U.S. government’s attitude, some who wish to see the end of the Cuban Revolution believe that moment is near,” he emphasized, “as if it were really possible”.
His audience of artists, lawyers, businesspeople, and members of religious orders, among others, were all united by the desire that the U.S. blockade and hostile policies be ended and give way to a rapprochement for the benefit of both peoples.
On his first day in office, President Trump reinstated Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism―reversing an executive order issued on January 14 by then outgoing President Joe Biden, a Democrat―a move that the Institute of Political Studies, where the meeting was organized, described as being in line with the U.S. government’s hard-line stance on Cuba, supported by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a long-time advocate of sanctions against the island.
“This form of enforcing and intensifying the economic blockade and the new aggressive measures will continue to cause severe harm to Cuba’s economy, standard of living, and development potential and to tamper with the Cuban people’s legitimate dreams of justice and well-being, as has been the case in recent years,” the IPS announcement underlined.
Cuba – Cuban News Agency
