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Cuba urges US to lift economic, trade blockade
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IANS | 22 Oct, 2016
Cuba has renewed its call on the US Congress to end the economic and
trade embargo held against the island for over 55 years, as a sign of a
new era in ties between the two nations.
At a press conference on
Friday in Havana, Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister, Abelardo Moreno said
the US legislative body should pay attention to public opinion, which
supports the end of economic sanctions against Cuba, Xinhua news agency
reported.
"The American people are responsible for demanding
their leaders in Congress lift the economic blockade, because they must
represent the opinion of a great majority of the US population and
institutions," he said.
A poll by Florida International
University conducted in September found that 63 per cent of
Cuban-Americans living in Miami opposed the embargo. This group has
traditionally opposed closer ties to the Castro regime.
A Pew Research Centre poll in July also showed 72 per cent of Americans in favour of lifting the embargo.
Moreno
stated a set of changes approved by US President Barack Obama to
further ease the embargo but said they were "very limited".
"There
are a series of legal elements and laws included in US legislation like
the Torricelli Act or the Helms Burton Act which the president cannot
overturn as only the US Congress can do so," he said.
The
Torricelli Act, passed in 1992, prevents travel by American citizens to
Cuba and foreign subsidiaries of American companies from trading with
the island. The Helms-Burton Act, passed in 1996, strengthened the
original embargo by penalizing foreign companies that trade with Cuba.
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