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<h1 class="reader-title">Cuban President Reiterates Rejection of
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<p>Havana, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel
on Wednesday reiterated the rejection to restrictions on
cultural and educational trips to Cuba, as well as visits
with private and other ships announced by the United
States.
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The new measures, entering into force this Wednesday,
will intensify the blockade and violate international
law, the President posted on Twitter.</p>
<p> Washington does not cease in its 'perverse desire to
bend Cuba', and attached a link to an article on the
issue published in Granma newspaper, Diaz-Canel posted.</p>
<p> The US Department of the Treasury announced on Tuesday
that it will not allow cultural and educational trips
with the Cuban people, known as 'people to people.' </p>
<p>They included in this section an 'exemption' which
establishes that certain educational group visits,
previously authorized, could be carried out if the
person has already completed at least one transaction
related to the trip (such as the purchase of a ticket or
accommodation reservation) before June 5.</p>
<p> According to the statement, the administration of
President Donald Trump will prohibit travel to Cuba to
private and corporate planes, cruises, sailboats,
fishing boats and similar vessels.</p>
<p> The measures respond to the announcements of National
Security Adviser John Bolton, when he stated on April 17
that new restrictions to non-family trips to Cuba would
be applied.<br>
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<h1 class="reader-title">They cannot stop us. We
will live and triumph.</h1>
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<p>The Trump administration’s hostility
toward our country seems to have no end.
Yesterday the U.S. Treasury Department
added to sanctions announced April 17,
and the activation of Title III of the
Helms-Burton Act, the prohibition of
"people to people" cultural and
educational trips, plus other
restrictions on travel and
transportation services, remittances,
banking, commerce, and
telecommunications.</p>
<p>According to a press release issued by
the department, private and corporate
planes, cruise ships, sailboats, fishing
boats, and similar vessels will be
prohibited from traveling to Cuba,
although an "exemption" is available for
certain previously authorized group
educational visits, for which at least
one transaction related to the trip,
such as the purchase of a ticket or
reservation, was completed before June
5. Civil aircraft that operate under Air
Carrier Certificates or other
specifications of the Federal Aviation
Administration will be authorized to
travel to the island.</p>
<p>Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
stated that the restrictions are meant
to put a brake on “the destabilizing
role of Cuba in Latin America,” and that
he is “worried” about Cuban support to
Venezuela and Nicaragua.</p>
<p>What should worry him is the example of
Cuba before the world, a small island
that for more than 60 years has resisted
the attacks of the greatest empire
history has known, and extends its
solidarity to all peoples in need,
sharing not what we have left over, but
even what we lack, as Army General Raul
Castro Ruz said.</p>
<p>Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla tweeted on Tuesday that
differences must be resolved on the
basis of dialogue and cooperation,
adhering strictly to international law,
and strongly denounced the new
sanctions, saying "They intend to
strangle the economy and damage Cubans’
standard of living, to wrest political
concessions from us. They will fail once
again. "</p>
<p>President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
insisted that Cuba will not be
intimidated or distracted by new threats
or restrictions. “Work, creativity,
effort, and resistance is our answer.
They have not been able to asphyxiate
us. They cannot stop us. We will live
and we will triumph," he said.</p>
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<figcaption><span>Cuban President Miguel
Díaz-Canel Bermúdez insisted that Cuba
will not be intimidated by new U.S.
restrictions and threats. </span> <strong>Photo:
</strong><span>Juvenal Balán</span></figcaption></figure>
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<p>The Trump administration’s hostility toward
our country seems to have no end. Yesterday
the U.S. Treasury Department added to
sanctions announced April 17, and the
activation of Title III of the Helms-Burton
Act, the prohibition of "people to people"
cultural and educational trips, plus other
restrictions on travel and transportation
services, remittances, banking, commerce,
and telecommunications.<br>
According to a press release issued by the
department, private and corporate planes,
cruise ships, sailboats, fishing boats, and
similar vessels will be prohibited from
traveling to Cuba, although an "exemption"
is available for certain previously
authorized group educational visits, for
which at least one transaction related to
the trip, such as the purchase of a ticket
or reservation, was completed before June 5.
Civil aircraft that operate under Air
Carrier Certificates or other specifications
of the Federal Aviation Administration will
be authorized to travel to the island.<br>
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated
that the restrictions are meant to put a
brake on “the destabilizing role of Cuba in
Latin America,” and that he is “worried”
about Cuban support to Venezuela and
Nicaragua.<br>
What should worry him is the example of Cuba
before the world, a small island that for
more than 60 years has resisted the attacks
of the greatest empire history has known,
and extends its solidarity to all peoples in
need, sharing not what we have left over,
but even what we lack, as Army General Raul
Castro Ruz said.<br>
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla tweeted on Tuesday that differences
must be resolved on the basis of dialogue
and cooperation, adhering strictly to
international law, and strongly denounced
the new sanctions, saying "They intend to
strangle the economy and damage Cubans’
standard of living, to wrest political
concessions from us. They will fail once
again. "<br>
President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
insisted that Cuba will not be intimidated
or distracted by new threats or
restrictions. “Work, creativity, effort, and
resistance is our answer. They have not been
able to asphyxiate us. They cannot stop us.
We will live and we will triumph," he said.</p>
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