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US to Reinforce Blockade of Cuba
US has publicly recognized its
attempts to toughen its blockade
of Cuba with pressures and
threats on world governments and
bodies through the new release
of the so-called “Bush Plan”.
Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice chaired a commission that
presented the report later
approved by George W Bush,
announcing new steps to come.
The document seeks "a greater
participation of third nations
in Cuba,” playing down
international agreements on
non-intervention in domestic
affairs of countries and respect
for their sovereignty.
To achieve Bush´
very-sought-after goal, the US
urges European allies and
western hemisphere states to act
against trade exchanges with
Havana and its economic growth
programs, especially oil,
tourism, nickel, tobacco and rum
investments, based on the
tougher implementation of the
chapter IV of the Helms-Burton
Act.
The Hems-Burton Act, which the
international public has
strongly condemned, is one of
the greatest US efforts to
devastate the Cuban economy, and
it is considered a clear
violation of sovereignty and the
principle of non-intervention.
Cuba has faced this over
four-decade merciless and cruel
policy irrespective of the
continuous UN General Assembly´s
practically unanimous
condemnation of it.
On top of it, other nations
could be legally punished for
merely being interested in
trading with Cuba.
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