Neither solidarity nor freedom for Cuba promotes Helms-Burton Act
Neither solidarity nor freedom for Cuba promotes Helms-Burton Act
Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Although its name is the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, neither one nor the other promote the US law known as the Helms-Burton Act, which turns 25 on March 12.
The measures implemented against foreign companies and individuals for the sole fact of trading with Cuba, the lawsuits established under that law and the pressures to avoid foreign investment in Cuba, confirm its aggressive and extraterritorial nature.
Signed in 1996 by US President William Clinton (1993-2001), the Helms-Burton Act has been, since its inception, a brutal and illegal mechanism that tries to suffocate the Cuban economy and damages third countries in that process, as the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced.