On August 7, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota issued a strong statement calling on President Donald Trump to immediately end the naval blockade imposed on Cuba.
In a forceful statement, the congresswoman denounced the current U.S. administration’s apparent determination to “take the United States back 70 years, to the height of Cold War McCarthyism,” highlighting the combination of a bellicose foreign policy and political repression.
Omar called it “Orwellian” that the U.S. government accuses Cuba of carrying out attacks against its own country, when, according to the congresswoman, it is Washington’s own policies that are turning “Americans into instruments of their own nation’s ruin.”
The congresswoman issued a direct appeal to the U.S. president regarding the humanitarian impact of his policies, concluding with the following demand: “Donald Trump must respect the Constitution and end the dangerous, cruel, and illegal naval blockade, which constitutes collective punishment against Cuba,” emphasizing that this economic isolation deliberately deprives the island’s entire population of adequate food, fuel, and medicine.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/cubaporsiemprefiel
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