Havana, June 16, 2017.
On
June 16th, 2017, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in
a speech full of hostile rhetoric, which recalled the times of the
open confrontation with our country, pronounced in a Miami theater,
announced the policy of his Government to Cuba that reverses progress
achieved in the last two years, after the presidents Raul Castro Ruz
and Barack Obama on December 17th, 2014 announced the decision to
reestablish diplomatic relations and begin a process towards the
normalization of bilateral ties.
In
what constitutes a setback in relations between the two countries,
Trump made a speech and signed a directive policy called
"Presidential Memorandum of National Security on Strengthening
US Policy towards Cuba", stating the elimination of individual
"people-to-people" educational exchanges and greater
oversight of US travelers to Cuba, as well as the prohibition of the
economic, commercial and financial transactions of US companies with
Cuban companies linked to the Revolutionary Armed Forces and
Intelligence and security services, all with the aim of depriving us
of income.
