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Related: About this forumMike Pompeo Quietly Steps Up Pressure Against Latin American "Troika of Tyranny"
The Department of State has imposed new sanctions aimed at depriving the Cuban government of tourist revenue as the Trump administration quietly steps up economic measures against left-wing, anti-U.S. governments in Latin America.
by Matthew Petti
The Department of State has imposed new sanctions aimed at depriving the Cuban government of tourist revenue as the Trump administration quietly steps up economic measures against left-wing, anti-U.S. governments in Latin America.
The administration is publicly focused on pursuing maximum pressure against Iran and great power competition with China. But its pressure campaign against Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaraguaa trio of left-wing Latin American governmentshas also accelerated in recent weeks.
The sanctions against Cuba, announced on Wednesday, will ban American tourists from doing business with six different tourist attractions allegedly owned by the Cuban government, as well as the Cuban bank FINCIMEX.
These seven subentities disproportionately benefit the Castro dictatorship, a regime which uses the profits from these businesses to oppress the Cuban people and to fund its interference in Venezuela, at the expense of the Cuban people or private enterprise in Cuba, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
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Mike Pompeo Quietly Steps Up Pressure Against Latin American "Troika of Tyranny" (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2020
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sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)1. I hate all of MF45's cabinet as well. Guess they want every
Cuban to starve.
Eugene
(61,807 posts)2. Trump administration orders Marriott to cease Cuba hotel business
Trump administration orders Marriott to cease Cuba hotel business (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-hotel-exclusive/trump-administration-orders-marriott-to-cease-cuba-hotel-business-idUSKBN23C298
HAVANA (Reuters) - The Trump administration has ordered Marriott International to wind down hotel operations in Communist-run Cuba, a company spokeswoman told Reuters, extinguishing what had been a symbol of the U.S.-Cuban detente.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-hotel-exclusive/trump-administration-orders-marriott-to-cease-cuba-hotel-business-idUSKBN23C298
LessAspin
(1,151 posts)3. Coup coming in Nicaragua?