Biden discharges battery of sanctions against Cuba and tightens the blockade
July 23, 2021 by archyde
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, assured that the sanctions imposed this Thursday by his Government against Cuban authorities, in contravention of international conventions, are “only the beginning”, and that he will continue to apply restrictions due to the alleged “oppression of the Cuban people ”.
Biden said so in a statement, shortly after the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against Cuba’s Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), Álvaro López-Miera, and against a known elite military unit. popularly as “black wasps” or “black berets”.
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Fishermen beg to tackle invasion of monstrous catfish conquering Europe
Warnings of environmental catastrophe as invasive species spreads through France and Spain
French fishermen pull out a catfish from the waters of the Dordogne
Credit: AFP
Nobody knows who slipped the first Wels catfish into the calm rivers of southern Spain.
Some say it was a fanatical German angler, others that locals illegally introduced the beasts over a decade ago in the hope of luring sports fishermen to the region.
What all agree on is that the result has been catastrophe.
Environmentalists and industry groups are now begging authorities to step in before the invasive species reaches the region s pristine ecosystem that sustains the fishing industry of Cadiz.