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HAVANA (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly called on the United States to end its decades-long sanctions regime on Cuba, as the communist-run Caribbean island nation ...
,As published by Reuters.com Nov. 2, U.S. diplomat Paul Folmsbee said the embargo was aimed at promoting "human rights and fundamental liberties in Cuba" and that the U.S. “continues to be a ...
The decadeslong U.S. embargo against Cuba makes it harder to export goods to the communist country, even though laws have been adjusted over time.
On 12 January 2021, then-U.S. President Donald Trump added Cuba to the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, implementing a new series of economic sanctions on the country. [7] The government of Cuba had hoped that Joe Biden would remove Cuba from the list. However, Biden has entirely avoided the issue and, according to Cuban governmental sources ...
The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades ...
The European Union is Cuba's largest trading partner, and the U.S. is the fifth-largest exporter to Cuba. [143] In 2012, the embargo limited U.S. imports to Cuba at 6.6%. [143] The Cuban government is required pay cash for all food imports from the U.S., as credit is not allowed. [144]
In Cuba, all eyes are on the U.S. presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have said little about the Caribbean island nation, a longtime U.S ...
On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...