The Trump administration’s recently decided to allow Cuban-American immigrants to sue the Cuban government for property confiscated from them after Fidel Castro took power in 1959.
The administration is also limiting the amount of money that Cuban Americans can send to their relatives on the island, as well as the frequency of transactions.
These are wrong decisions that will only increase the suffering of the Cuban people, and unnecessarily increase the antagonism between the Cuban and U.S. governments.
James Williams, president of Engage Cuba, a Washington-based advocacy group which is working to lift the embargo on Cuba, wrote in a statement that
“The only way to get property claimants what they deserve is through diplomatic negotiations, which President Trump just threw off the table.”
At the same time, limiting remittances to the island will only increase the suffering of Cubans who depend largely on the financial aid from their relatives in the United States.
Shortly after President Trump announced his decision allowing U.S. lawsuits, the European Union and Canada issued a joint warning against the United States.
“The EU and Canada consider the extraterritorial application of unilateral Cuba-related measures contrary to international law,” stated EU’s foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini and Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, in a statement also signed by Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.
They also warned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that enforcement of these measures would lead to reprisals in Europe.
Read more at: US Cuba Policy Is an Embarrassment - The Globalist
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