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Another aggression by U.S.
authorities
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Cuba’s October denunciation in UN
confirmed
WASHINGTON.—The U.S. Justice Department announced
November 26 that it had reached an agreement with
the Swiss Weatherford International Ltd. oil
services company, on a $252 million fine for alleged
violations of U.S. sanctions imposed on countries
such as Cuba, Iran and Sudan.
The
measure falls within the framework of the Trading
with the Enemy Act (TWEA), unilaterally imposed by
the U.S. government.
This
new aggression on the part of U.S. authorities
confirms the evidence presented in Cuba’s latest
report to the United Nations “On the need to end the
economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed
on Cuba by the United States,” a demand recently
supported by 188 UN member countries.
“The
Cuban oil and gas industry is the target of measures
designed by the U.S. government to hinder its
development, access to advanced technologies, to oil
products and the necessary financing for its growth.
It is an attempt to paralyze the sector and obstruct
modernization, technological updates, access to
spare parts and participation in the process of
innovation,” the report’s text states.
The
Cuban report presented to the United Nations notes
that the blockade of the country undermines the
sovereignty of third countries and the rights of
individual citizens and enterprises not subject to
U.S. legislation. (SE)
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