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Humanity and solidarity require us to defy US sanctions against Cuba and other countries
The blockades and sanctions against Latin America are just a stark example of a neoliberal empire that preys on us all, writes KAREN LEE MP
Karen Lee is Labour MP for Lincoln
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GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
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THE Labour movement has a proud history of international solidarity and chairing the Latin America fringe is an event I look forward to at Labour Party conference each year. Conference will once again send a clear message to Donald Trump: no more blockades and sanctions.
The US blockade against Cuba has now been in place for more than 56 years and has cost the Cuban economy over $933 billion. The economic sanctions are an infringement of universal rights, a unilateral violation of international law, and a barrier to the development of Cuba and its people.
Trump’s government has intensified the unilateral assault on Cuba by effectively closing the US embassy in Havana, making travel and trade increasingly difficult, and blacklisting more Cuban state companies.
His aggressive administration recently took the unprecedented step of implementing Title III of The Helms-Burton Act, which further threatens foreign investments in the country.
It is unacceptable that Cubans, and businesses around the world, suffer as a result of Trump’s cynical attempts to woo the Cuban exile vote in the battleground state of Florida ahead of next year’s presidential election.
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