New US Sanctions Are 'Collective Punishment', Cuba's FM Says During May 1 Marches

U.S. sanctions are ‘collective punishment’, says Cuba during May 1 marches

U.S. President Donald Trump has mused about taking over Cuba, which lies 145 kilometers from Florida and has been under a nearly continuous U.S. trade embargo since Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in 1959

New US sanctions are 'collective punishment', Cuba's FM says during May 1 marches

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez slammed a fresh round of US sanctions against the Caribbean island as "collective punishment" as massive crowds marched in the annual May 1 procession outside the US embassy in Havana. Cuba has been plunged deeper into economic crisis following a severe fuel blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump in January.

Cuba Denounces New US Sanctions as Unilateral Coercive Measures

Cuba on Friday denounced new US sanctions as quot;unilateral coercive measures.quot;