US EditionUS Democratic lawmakers visit Cuba, call on Trump to ‘bring the rhetoric down’
The lawmakers said Cuba’s fuel crisis has caused blackouts and hospital disruptions, and they urged talks to replace sanctions with a lasting solution.
- On Sunday, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois concluded a five-day visit to Cuba, denouncing the U.S. fuel embargo as "an illegal blockade of energy supplies" and "economic bombing."
- President Donald Trump imposed a de facto oil blockade this year to pressure Cuba's government, while also restricting remittances and threatening tariffs on any country providing fuel to the island.
- Jackson warned that without aid, "there's going to be a huge migration coming towards the United States," describing the island as "the most sanctioned part of Planet Earth right now, just 90 miles off our shores."
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met the delegation, reiterating a willingness to "engage in serious and responsible bilateral dialogue," while Cuba announced it would pardon more than 2,000 prisoners.
- Last week, a Russian tanker delivered 730,000 barrels of crude oil to the island as an exception to Trump's policy, providing temporary supply as Cuba produces only 40% of the oil it needs.
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While the Donald Trump administration maintains a policy of maximum pressure to suffocate the finances of communism in the region, Democratic representatives Pramila Jayapal (Washington) and Jonathan Jackson (Illinois) sparked a strong controversy after concluding a five-day visit to Cuba.Read more
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In the latest round of absurd Democratic intransigence to President Trump’s big moves to enforce America’s will around the world, two Democratic representatives have decided that the sanctions on communist Cuba, sanctions that could be pushing it toward being amenable to doing away with communism, must be lifted because their are “illegal” and unfair. Those two Democrats are Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), both of whom …
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