[News] The United States Tightens Blockade Against Cuba and Nicaragua

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  The United States Tightens Blockade Against Cuba and Nicaragua

December 21, 2020
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The US Treasury Department announced on Monday the inclusion of several 
individuals and entities from Cuba and Nicaragua in the so-called 
"blacklist," a set of unilateral coercive measures promoted by Donald 
Trump's administration against progressive governments in Latin 
America and the Caribbean.

In Nicaragua, the measures were imposed against the Vice President of 
the Supreme Court, Marvin Ramiro Aguilar García, deputy Walmaro Antonio 
Gutiérrez Mercado and police chief in the town of León, Fidel Jesús 
Domínguez Álvarez.

 The justification given is that these three people support alleged 
political persecutions carried out by the Sandinista government.

On the other hand,  the list was "updated" for Cuba, with three 
entities attached to the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), these being 
the Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA) and the subsidiary 
firms Financiera Cimex S.A. and Kave Coffee S.A. According to the United 
States, GAESA has used business in Panama to avoid US sanctions.Â

2020 has been one of the most severe years regarding unilateral 
coercive measures against Cuba and Nicaragua, in addition to Venezuela. 
The declared interest, although not successful, is to achieve a change 
of political system in each of these nations and to replace it with 
others more aligned with the U.S. intentions in the region.

The governments of the affected countries have repeatedly denounced that 
these conducts of the United States authorities flagrantly violate 
international law, particularly the principle of non-interference in the 
internal affairs of other states.

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