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<h1 id="reader-title">US Tightens Sanctions on Cuba With New
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<div id="reader-estimated-time">November 8, 2017<br>
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<p>Cuba has been hit with new <a
href="https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-to-Vote-No-on-UN-Resolution-to-End-Blockade-Against-Cuba-20171101-0005.html">U.S.-imposed
restrictions</a>, which have, in effect, tightened the
sanctions on the largest island in the Caribbean. </p>
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<p>The move is part of U.S. President Donald Trump's
campaign pledge to overturn rapprochement efforts
initiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama.</p>
<p>Scheduled to take effect on Thursday, the changes will
prevent U.S. trade with and travel to the
Caribbean island. In a prepared statement, the U.S.
Treasury Department said it will "expand the list of
Cuban government officials barred from transactions as
well as set policy to deny exports to prohibited Cuban
entities.”</p>
<p>Commercial transactions and most travel arrangements
made prior to the changes will be permitted by the
United States, according to Reuters.</p>
<p>The move comes a little over a week after U.S.
Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley criticized member
states and their representatives for condemning the U.S.
economic blockade and calling the annual U.N. General
Assembly vote against the measure "political theater."
She ended her speech by directing her comments directly
to the Cuban people, saying that her government, though
standing alone in its promulgation of the 55-year-old
blockade, will express solidarity with all Cubans by
voting in favor of maintaining it.</p>
<p>Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez responded to
Haley's comments by saying that the United States has no
moral ground to stand on in its condemnation of Cuba due
to its “flagrant violation of human rights,” citing the
arrest and deportation of minors and undocumented
immigrants; the killing of African-Americans by U.S.
police; the lack of guarantees for education and
healthcare and restrictions on union organization; and
the refusal of U.S. companies to sell life-saving
medical supplies to healthcare services on the Caribbean
island.</p>
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