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Judi Lynn

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Thu May 12, 2016, 06:12 PM May 2016

US Blockade Leads Company to Cut Service to Cuban Embassy in Austria

Source: Prensa Latina

US Blockade Leads Company to Cut Service to Cuban Embassy in Austria

Havana, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban embassy in Austria was left out of courier service after the company TNT Osterreich suspended the service, because it was purchased by the US company FedEx Corporation, the Cuban Foreign Ministry denounced today.
The company, which is an affiliate in Austria of TNT Express N.V, reported to the diplomatic entity that it would not receive any more orders from Cuba or other countries that were under US sanctions.

The implementation of such measures against Cuba is illegal in Austria and the European Union in general, warned the foreign ministry on its website Cubaminrex.

The European Council adopted on November 12, 1996, the Rule 2271/96, regarding protection against the effects of the extraterritorial implementation adopted by a third country.

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US Blockade Leads Company to Cut Service to Cuban Embassy in Austria (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2016 OP
Sanctions are not a blockade. EX500rider May 2016 #1
Has Cuba released its political prisoners StarTrombone May 2016 #2
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