The looney left sure does love Castro don't they. Must be because
he is one of the very few commie dictators left for them to embrace.
Well, Mr Grub, if at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:09:47 +0100, wrote:
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
ZNet - July 1, 2004
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=5803
Anti-Cuba Embargo
by Remy Herrera
Report written for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights, United Nations
and presented by the CETIM (Europe-Third World Center)
Geneva - July, 2004
The United States government has recently taken another step in its
aggressive policy against Cuba. Repeating that he does not exclude the use
of armed force to "hasten the day of liberation" and that the U.S. army
would back a (post-"Castro-communist") "provisional government of
transition," George W. Bush signed on May 6 a report of the "Committee for
aid to a free Cuba," which lists a series of measures tightening the
embargo.
The unjustified and unjustifiable embargo was imposed unilaterally 43 years
ago and meant to cause the Cuban people a maximum of hardship -"to cause
hunger and despair" in the words of the U.S. Department of State in 1959. It
placed an enormous burden of sacrifice on the Cuban people and caused the
Cuban economy to lose more than 70 billion dollars.
Practically all of the States members of the United Nations General Assembly
have condemned it. One hundred seventy-nine member States voted in favour of
its being lifted in 2003, with only three States voting against: the United
States, Israel, and the Marshall Islands.
Though backed up by the Torricelli and Helms-Burton Acts, which already
damaged the transfers of private funds, foreign investment and tourism to
Cuba, the arbitrary system imposed by the United States did not succeed in
blocking a real and systematic recovery of the economy that began in 1994.
The GDP in Cuba has shown a satisfactory average level of growth over the
past ten years . In spite of its countless negative repercussions, the
embargo has not broken the country's spirit.
While it is clear that the United States blockade is an assault on the Cuban
people's right to self-determination and an attempt to break their will to
establish the autonomous and sovereign society they desire, it is important
to understand that the U.S. government, by attacking Cuba, is waging an
attack on freedoms themselves.
A new feature of the measures approved by G. W. Bush is that they affect the
rights of Cubans who have acquired U.S. citizenship and who reside in the
United States. First and foremost, their freedom of movement is restricted:
travel to Cuba is henceforth subject to an authorization on a case-by-case
basis (rather than to a general authorization as previously), and one visit
is authorized only once every three years (instead of each year as
heretofore).
But the measures also strike a blow at these people's freely chosen
commitment to send financial assistance to their dear ones: the ceiling on
transfers of currency to Cuba has been lowered considerably, and the
recipients are now restricted to the category of direct relatives: children,
spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren only. This
ignores the ties based on affection and solidarity which may naturally bind
them to more distant relatives: friends, neighbours, colleagueso?=
Furthermore, the United States authorities are now allowed to carry out
"secret operations" in order to identify anyone violating the new
regulations and to offer a reward to those who assist in their being brought
to justice. Obtaining a visa for travel to Cuba, both for individuals or
institutions, will be made more difficult by administrative red-tape
intended to be a deterrent.
The number of U.S. citizens who had to face criminal charges for travelling
to Cuba without official permission to leave the United States increased
considerably since G.W. Bush became President; their number is likely to go
up. Thus, just when the Cuban administration is relaxing the rules for entry
to the island, including for expatriate Cubans, the United States is setting
up barriers to their leaving its territory -in violation of the migration
agreements signed in the past.
G. W. Bush has declared, moreover, that he intends to see to it that the
sanctions provided for by the Helms-Burton Act (March 1996) shall henceforth
be rigorously implemented. Title III of this Act gives U.S. Courts the right
to judge and to sentence citizens of a third country (and their family) who
have had dealings with Cuba. And Title IV, among other things, provides that
such foreign citizens (and their family) shall be denied entry into the
United States.
The regulatory nature of the embargo -and especially the extra-territorial
character of its rules which subject the international community to
sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States- constitutes a violation
of the United Nations Charter and of the foundations of prevailing
International Law. This extension of the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States is nothing less than lawlessness. It contravenes existing
International Law, violating as it does the principles of national
sovereignty, of non-interference in the internal affairs of another State,
etc.
In addition, the barriers to freedom of movement adopted by the U.S.
executive broaden the embargo to cover areas which had been previously
exempted by law : the free circulation of scientists and of scientific
knowledge. The following will henceforth be systematically disallowed:
professional visits to Cuba by U.S. scientists; visas to the United States
for Cuban scientists (and civil servants, including medical doctors); the
publication in the United States of scientific articles or books by Cuban
authors; granting of soft-ware licenses; Cuban libraries' orders of books,
publications, diskettes or CD-Rom on specialized scientific subjectso?=
This curtailment of the freedom to exercise a scientific profession and to
exchange scientific information destroys one of the most fruitful ways of
developing intellectual cooperation on the basis of humanism and solidarity
among nations. And is it not paradoxical, finally, to try to force Cubans to
give up their civil and political rights, and their jobs as public servants,
in order to received transfers from abroad?
Simultaneously, the U.S. government has announced the allocation of $ 59
million of the taxpayers money for logistic and financial support to
non-governmental organizations and individuals who shall "spread
information" against Cuba in the world. A special fund will be used to pay
for visits to Cuba by "volunteers" who will train and lead "dissidence" on
the island. "Marti" Radio and TV will soon receive some $ 18 million and a
U.S. Army plane will be placed at their disposal in order to facilitate
their broadcasts from Miami -in breach of the rules of the International
Telecommunications Union and in violation of the sovereignty of a State,
member of the United Nations.
The United States embargo against Cuba is illegal and illegitimate. Its
purpose is to destroy a nation and, as such, it is an act of undeclared war
on Cuba. Since it affects the physical and moral integrity of an entire
nation, above all its children and its elderly, it can be likened, at law,
to a crime against humanity.
The toughening of the U.S. anti-Cuban embargo is an attack on freedoms -that
of the Cuban people as well as of all the peoples of the world.
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I wish Castro would smarten up and make a democracy out of his country.
The US cannot sat idly by with a marxist-leninist state on its back
porch. It would take a country that has a term limit in its constitution
and that builds itself on its own principle, not some outdated radical
doctrine. It is sad for the victims nonetheless, as this embargo is not
what will change things. It would need to come from the people
themselves, ideally. They can be a great society if they would get rid
of the appearance of totalitarism. The US certainly has no example to
show for after Clinton destroyed what little social support there was
with welfare WHEN jobs were at their lowest ever, showing that it
worked. And to think they still maintain they did the right thing...
Shame. They are more communist than Russia was, now, by taking away the
freedom not to be slaves. But this is the one glitch, on the other hand
I don't see how the US can let this little Island remain totalitarian
communist without trying to make things hard for them so that they
change it. They have no example to show, but it doesn't matter if they
did. They still would have to fight that off. It is Cuba that should
show the example. It could demonstrate its freedom by materializing its
uniqueness... The big problem with that is Castro who wouldn't want to
give them the satisfaction, even if he had a stroke of genius in his old
age.
This is not like any other situation in the world though, it is mean to
act that way towards there arch nemesis even if politically justified.
And it is. Don't get me wrong.
I just hope that some miracle would turn things around for the people
there, and for the people on the continent... but it would not be for
their dictatorship, nor giving in the mighty neighbor, so as to allow
them to retain their pride (read identity). But no matter what could
happen, I guess there is no way to please all, especially in Florida...
;-)
J.
AKnaff a écrit:
The looney left sure does love Castro don't they. Must be because
he is one of the very few commie dictators left for them to embrace.
Well, Mr Grub, if at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:09:47 +0100, wrote:
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
ZNet - July 1, 2004
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=5803
Anti-Cuba Embargo
by Remy Herrera
Report written for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights, United Nations
and presented by the CETIM (Europe-Third World Center)
Geneva - July, 2004
The United States government has recently taken another step in its
aggressive policy against Cuba. Repeating that he does not exclude the use
of armed force to "hasten the day of liberation" and that the U.S. army
would back a (post-"Castro-communist") "provisional government of
transition," George W. Bush signed on May 6 a report of the "Committee for
aid to a free Cuba," which lists a series of measures tightening the
embargo.
The unjustified and unjustifiable embargo was imposed unilaterally 43 years
ago and meant to cause the Cuban people a maximum of hardship -"to cause
hunger and despair" in the words of the U.S. Department of State in 1959. It
placed an enormous burden of sacrifice on the Cuban people and caused the
Cuban economy to lose more than 70 billion dollars.
Practically all of the States members of the United Nations General Assembly
have condemned it. One hundred seventy-nine member States voted in favour of
its being lifted in 2003, with only three States voting against: the United
States, Israel, and the Marshall Islands.
Though backed up by the Torricelli and Helms-Burton Acts, which already
damaged the transfers of private funds, foreign investment and tourism to
Cuba, the arbitrary system imposed by the United States did not succeed in
blocking a real and systematic recovery of the economy that began in 1994.
The GDP in Cuba has shown a satisfactory average level of growth over the
past ten years . In spite of its countless negative repercussions, the
embargo has not broken the country's spirit.
While it is clear that the United States blockade is an assault on the Cuban
people's right to self-determination and an attempt to break their will to
establish the autonomous and sovereign society they desire, it is important
to understand that the U.S. government, by attacking Cuba, is waging an
attack on freedoms themselves.
A new feature of the measures approved by G. W. Bush is that they affect the
rights of Cubans who have acquired U.S. citizenship and who reside in the
United States. First and foremost, their freedom of movement is restricted:
travel to Cuba is henceforth subject to an authorization on a case-by-case
basis (rather than to a general authorization as previously), and one visit
is authorized only once every three years (instead of each year as
heretofore).
But the measures also strike a blow at these people's freely chosen
commitment to send financial assistance to their dear ones: the ceiling on
transfers of currency to Cuba has been lowered considerably, and the
recipients are now restricted to the category of direct relatives: children,
spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren only. This
ignores the ties based on affection and solidarity which may naturally bind
them to more distant relatives: friends, neighbours, colleagueso?=
Furthermore, the United States authorities are now allowed to carry out
"secret operations" in order to identify anyone violating the new
regulations and to offer a reward to those who assist in their being brought
to justice. Obtaining a visa for travel to Cuba, both for individuals or
institutions, will be made more difficult by administrative red-tape
intended to be a deterrent.
The number of U.S. citizens who had to face criminal charges for travelling
to Cuba without official permission to leave the United States increased
considerably since G.W. Bush became President; their number is likely to go
up. Thus, just when the Cuban administration is relaxing the rules for entry
to the island, including for expatriate Cubans, the United States is setting
up barriers to their leaving its territory -in violation of the migration
agreements signed in the past.
G. W. Bush has declared, moreover, that he intends to see to it that the
sanctions provided for by the Helms-Burton Act (March 1996) shall henceforth
be rigorously implemented. Title III of this Act gives U.S. Courts the right
to judge and to sentence citizens of a third country (and their family) who
have had dealings with Cuba. And Title IV, among other things, provides that
such foreign citizens (and their family) shall be denied entry into the
United States.
The regulatory nature of the embargo -and especially the extra-territorial
character of its rules which subject the international community to
sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States- constitutes a violation
of the United Nations Charter and of the foundations of prevailing
International Law. This extension of the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States is nothing less than lawlessness. It contravenes existing
International Law, violating as it does the principles of national
sovereignty, of non-interference in the internal affairs of another State,
etc.
In addition, the barriers to freedom of movement adopted by the U.S.
executive broaden the embargo to cover areas which had been previously
exempted by law : the free circulation of scientists and of scientific
knowledge. The following will henceforth be systematically disallowed:
professional visits to Cuba by U.S. scientists; visas to the United States
for Cuban scientists (and civil servants, including medical doctors); the
publication in the United States of scientific articles or books by Cuban
authors; granting of soft-ware licenses; Cuban libraries' orders of books,
publications, diskettes or CD-Rom on specialized scientific subjectso?=
This curtailment of the freedom to exercise a scientific profession and to
exchange scientific information destroys one of the most fruitful ways of
developing intellectual cooperation on the basis of humanism and solidarity
among nations. And is it not paradoxical, finally, to try to force Cubans to
give up their civil and political rights, and their jobs as public servants,
in order to received transfers from abroad?
Simultaneously, the U.S. government has announced the allocation of $ 59
million of the taxpayers money for logistic and financial support to
non-governmental organizations and individuals who shall "spread
information" against Cuba in the world. A special fund will be used to pay
for visits to Cuba by "volunteers" who will train and lead "dissidence" on
the island. "Marti" Radio and TV will soon receive some $ 18 million and a
U.S. Army plane will be placed at their disposal in order to facilitate
their broadcasts from Miami -in breach of the rules of the International
Telecommunications Union and in violation of the sovereignty of a State,
member of the United Nations.
The United States embargo against Cuba is illegal and illegitimate. Its
purpose is to destroy a nation and, as such, it is an act of undeclared war
on Cuba. Since it affects the physical and moral integrity of an entire
nation, above all its children and its elderly, it can be likened, at law,
to a crime against humanity.
The toughening of the U.S. anti-Cuban embargo is an attack on freedoms -that
of the Cuban people as well as of all the peoples of the world.
*
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04 Jul 2004 08:39:38 PM |
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I think the reason Castro is tolerated is because he is such an
insignificant little twit in the whole scheme of things. Cuba
will mature one day soon after Castro bites it and then it will be
time for democracy there
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 21:21:23 GMT, Jean Guernon <jguernon@globetrotter.net> wrote:
I wish Castro would smarten up and make a democracy out of his country.
The US cannot sat idly by with a marxist-leninist state on its back
porch. It would take a country that has a term limit in its constitution
and that builds itself on its own principle, not some outdated radical
doctrine. It is sad for the victims nonetheless, as this embargo is not
what will change things. It would need to come from the people
themselves, ideally. They can be a great society if they would get rid
of the appearance of totalitarism. The US certainly has no example to
show for after Clinton destroyed what little social support there was
with welfare WHEN jobs were at their lowest ever, showing that it
worked. And to think they still maintain they did the right thing...
Shame. They are more communist than Russia was, now, by taking away the
freedom not to be slaves. But this is the one glitch, on the other hand
I don't see how the US can let this little Island remain totalitarian
communist without trying to make things hard for them so that they
change it. They have no example to show, but it doesn't matter if they
did. They still would have to fight that off. It is Cuba that should
show the example. It could demonstrate its freedom by materializing its
uniqueness... The big problem with that is Castro who wouldn't want to
give them the satisfaction, even if he had a stroke of genius in his old
age.
This is not like any other situation in the world though, it is mean to
act that way towards there arch nemesis even if politically justified.
And it is. Don't get me wrong.
I just hope that some miracle would turn things around for the people
there, and for the people on the continent... but it would not be for
their dictatorship, nor giving in the mighty neighbor, so as to allow
them to retain their pride (read identity). But no matter what could
happen, I guess there is no way to please all, especially in Florida...
;-)
J.
AKnaff a écrit:
The looney left sure does love Castro don't they. Must be because
he is one of the very few commie dictators left for them to embrace.
Well, Mr Grub, if at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:09:47 +0100, wrote:
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
ZNet - July 1, 2004
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=5803
Anti-Cuba Embargo
by Remy Herrera
Report written for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights, United Nations
and presented by the CETIM (Europe-Third World Center)
Geneva - July, 2004
The United States government has recently taken another step in its
aggressive policy against Cuba. Repeating that he does not exclude the use
of armed force to "hasten the day of liberation" and that the U.S. army
would back a (post-"Castro-communist") "provisional government of
transition," George W. Bush signed on May 6 a report of the "Committee for
aid to a free Cuba," which lists a series of measures tightening the
embargo.
The unjustified and unjustifiable embargo was imposed unilaterally 43 years
ago and meant to cause the Cuban people a maximum of hardship -"to cause
hunger and despair" in the words of the U.S. Department of State in 1959. It
placed an enormous burden of sacrifice on the Cuban people and caused the
Cuban economy to lose more than 70 billion dollars.
Practically all of the States members of the United Nations General Assembly
have condemned it. One hundred seventy-nine member States voted in favour of
its being lifted in 2003, with only three States voting against: the United
States, Israel, and the Marshall Islands.
Though backed up by the Torricelli and Helms-Burton Acts, which already
damaged the transfers of private funds, foreign investment and tourism to
Cuba, the arbitrary system imposed by the United States did not succeed in
blocking a real and systematic recovery of the economy that began in 1994.
The GDP in Cuba has shown a satisfactory average level of growth over the
past ten years . In spite of its countless negative repercussions, the
embargo has not broken the country's spirit.
While it is clear that the United States blockade is an assault on the Cuban
people's right to self-determination and an attempt to break their will to
establish the autonomous and sovereign society they desire, it is important
to understand that the U.S. government, by attacking Cuba, is waging an
attack on freedoms themselves.
A new feature of the measures approved by G. W. Bush is that they affect the
rights of Cubans who have acquired U.S. citizenship and who reside in the
United States. First and foremost, their freedom of movement is restricted:
travel to Cuba is henceforth subject to an authorization on a case-by-case
basis (rather than to a general authorization as previously), and one visit
is authorized only once every three years (instead of each year as
heretofore).
But the measures also strike a blow at these people's freely chosen
commitment to send financial assistance to their dear ones: the ceiling on
transfers of currency to Cuba has been lowered considerably, and the
recipients are now restricted to the category of direct relatives: children,
spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren only. This
ignores the ties based on affection and solidarity which may naturally bind
them to more distant relatives: friends, neighbours, colleagueso?=
Furthermore, the United States authorities are now allowed to carry out
"secret operations" in order to identify anyone violating the new
regulations and to offer a reward to those who assist in their being brought
to justice. Obtaining a visa for travel to Cuba, both for individuals or
institutions, will be made more difficult by administrative red-tape
intended to be a deterrent.
The number of U.S. citizens who had to face criminal charges for travelling
to Cuba without official permission to leave the United States increased
considerably since G.W. Bush became President; their number is likely to go
up. Thus, just when the Cuban administration is relaxing the rules for entry
to the island, including for expatriate Cubans, the United States is setting
up barriers to their leaving its territory -in violation of the migration
agreements signed in the past.
G. W. Bush has declared, moreover, that he intends to see to it that the
sanctions provided for by the Helms-Burton Act (March 1996) shall henceforth
be rigorously implemented. Title III of this Act gives U.S. Courts the right
to judge and to sentence citizens of a third country (and their family) who
have had dealings with Cuba. And Title IV, among other things, provides that
such foreign citizens (and their family) shall be denied entry into the
United States.
The regulatory nature of the embargo -and especially the extra-territorial
character of its rules which subject the international community to
sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States- constitutes a violation
of the United Nations Charter and of the foundations of prevailing
International Law. This extension of the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States is nothing less than lawlessness. It contravenes existing
International Law, violating as it does the principles of national
sovereignty, of non-interference in the internal affairs of another State,
etc.
In addition, the barriers to freedom of movement adopted by the U.S.
executive broaden the embargo to cover areas which had been previously
exempted by law : the free circulation of scientists and of scientific
knowledge. The following will henceforth be systematically disallowed:
professional visits to Cuba by U.S. scientists; visas to the United States
for Cuban scientists (and civil servants, including medical doctors); the
publication in the United States of scientific articles or books by Cuban
authors; granting of soft-ware licenses; Cuban libraries' orders of books,
publications, diskettes or CD-Rom on specialized scientific subjectso?=
This curtailment of the freedom to exercise a scientific profession and to
exchange scientific information destroys one of the most fruitful ways of
developing intellectual cooperation on the basis of humanism and solidarity
among nations. And is it not paradoxical, finally, to try to force Cubans to
give up their civil and political rights, and their jobs as public servants,
in order to received transfers from abroad?
Simultaneously, the U.S. government has announced the allocation of $ 59
million of the taxpayers money for logistic and financial support to
non-governmental organizations and individuals who shall "spread
information" against Cuba in the world. A special fund will be used to pay
for visits to Cuba by "volunteers" who will train and lead "dissidence" on
the island. "Marti" Radio and TV will soon receive some $ 18 million and a
U.S. Army plane will be placed at their disposal in order to facilitate
their broadcasts from Miami -in breach of the rules of the International
Telecommunications Union and in violation of the sovereignty of a State,
member of the United Nations.
The United States embargo against Cuba is illegal and illegitimate. Its
purpose is to destroy a nation and, as such, it is an act of undeclared war
on Cuba. Since it affects the physical and moral integrity of an entire
nation, above all its children and its elderly, it can be likened, at law,
to a crime against humanity.
The toughening of the U.S. anti-Cuban embargo is an attack on freedoms -that
of the Cuban people as well as of all the peoples of the world.
*
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04 Jul 2004 07:01:20 PM |
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AKnaff a écrit:
I think the reason Castro is tolerated is because he is such an
insignificant little twit in the whole scheme of things. Cuba
will mature one day soon after Castro bites it and then it will be
time for democracy there
Yes hopefully.
J.
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 21:21:23 GMT, Jean Guernon <jguernon@globetrotter.net> wrote:
I wish Castro would smarten up and make a democracy out of his country.
The US cannot sat idly by with a marxist-leninist state on its back
porch. It would take a country that has a term limit in its constitution
and that builds itself on its own principle, not some outdated radical
doctrine. It is sad for the victims nonetheless, as this embargo is not
what will change things. It would need to come from the people
themselves, ideally. They can be a great society if they would get rid
of the appearance of totalitarism. The US certainly has no example to
show for after Clinton destroyed what little social support there was
with welfare WHEN jobs were at their lowest ever, showing that it
worked. And to think they still maintain they did the right thing...
Shame. They are more communist than Russia was, now, by taking away the
freedom not to be slaves. But this is the one glitch, on the other hand
I don't see how the US can let this little Island remain totalitarian
communist without trying to make things hard for them so that they
change it. They have no example to show, but it doesn't matter if they
did. They still would have to fight that off. It is Cuba that should
show the example. It could demonstrate its freedom by materializing its
uniqueness... The big problem with that is Castro who wouldn't want to
give them the satisfaction, even if he had a stroke of genius in his old
age.
This is not like any other situation in the world though, it is mean to
act that way towards there arch nemesis even if politically justified.
And it is. Don't get me wrong.
I just hope that some miracle would turn things around for the people
there, and for the people on the continent... but it would not be for
their dictatorship, nor giving in the mighty neighbor, so as to allow
them to retain their pride (read identity). But no matter what could
happen, I guess there is no way to please all, especially in Florida...
;-)
J.
AKnaff a écrit:
The looney left sure does love Castro don't they. Must be because
he is one of the very few commie dictators left for them to embrace.
Well, Mr Grub, if at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again
On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:09:47 +0100, wrote:
Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit
ZNet - July 1, 2004
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=5803
Anti-Cuba Embargo
by Remy Herrera
Report written for the Sub-Commission on the Promotion
and Protection of Human Rights, United Nations
and presented by the CETIM (Europe-Third World Center)
Geneva - July, 2004
The United States government has recently taken another step in its
aggressive policy against Cuba. Repeating that he does not exclude the use
of armed force to "hasten the day of liberation" and that the U.S. army
would back a (post-"Castro-communist") "provisional government of
transition," George W. Bush signed on May 6 a report of the "Committee for
aid to a free Cuba," which lists a series of measures tightening the
embargo.
The unjustified and unjustifiable embargo was imposed unilaterally 43 years
ago and meant to cause the Cuban people a maximum of hardship -"to cause
hunger and despair" in the words of the U.S. Department of State in 1959. It
placed an enormous burden of sacrifice on the Cuban people and caused the
Cuban economy to lose more than 70 billion dollars.
Practically all of the States members of the United Nations General Assembly
have condemned it. One hundred seventy-nine member States voted in favour of
its being lifted in 2003, with only three States voting against: the United
States, Israel, and the Marshall Islands.
Though backed up by the Torricelli and Helms-Burton Acts, which already
damaged the transfers of private funds, foreign investment and tourism to
Cuba, the arbitrary system imposed by the United States did not succeed in
blocking a real and systematic recovery of the economy that began in 1994.
The GDP in Cuba has shown a satisfactory average level of growth over the
past ten years . In spite of its countless negative repercussions, the
embargo has not broken the country's spirit.
While it is clear that the United States blockade is an assault on the Cuban
people's right to self-determination and an attempt to break their will to
establish the autonomous and sovereign society they desire, it is important
to understand that the U.S. government, by attacking Cuba, is waging an
attack on freedoms themselves.
A new feature of the measures approved by G. W. Bush is that they affect the
rights of Cubans who have acquired U.S. citizenship and who reside in the
United States. First and foremost, their freedom of movement is restricted:
travel to Cuba is henceforth subject to an authorization on a case-by-case
basis (rather than to a general authorization as previously), and one visit
is authorized only once every three years (instead of each year as
heretofore).
But the measures also strike a blow at these people's freely chosen
commitment to send financial assistance to their dear ones: the ceiling on
transfers of currency to Cuba has been lowered considerably, and the
recipients are now restricted to the category of direct relatives: children,
spouses, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren only. This
ignores the ties based on affection and solidarity which may naturally bind
them to more distant relatives: friends, neighbours, colleagueso?=
Furthermore, the United States authorities are now allowed to carry out
"secret operations" in order to identify anyone violating the new
regulations and to offer a reward to those who assist in their being brought
to justice. Obtaining a visa for travel to Cuba, both for individuals or
institutions, will be made more difficult by administrative red-tape
intended to be a deterrent.
The number of U.S. citizens who had to face criminal charges for travelling
to Cuba without official permission to leave the United States increased
considerably since G.W. Bush became President; their number is likely to go
up. Thus, just when the Cuban administration is relaxing the rules for entry
to the island, including for expatriate Cubans, the United States is setting
up barriers to their leaving its territory -in violation of the migration
agreements signed in the past.
G. W. Bush has declared, moreover, that he intends to see to it that the
sanctions provided for by the Helms-Burton Act (March 1996) shall henceforth
be rigorously implemented. Title III of this Act gives U.S. Courts the right
to judge and to sentence citizens of a third country (and their family) who
have had dealings with Cuba. And Title IV, among other things, provides that
such foreign citizens (and their family) shall be denied entry into the
United States.
The regulatory nature of the embargo -and especially the extra-territorial
character of its rules which subject the international community to
sanctions unilaterally imposed by the United States- constitutes a violation
of the United Nations Charter and of the foundations of prevailing
International Law. This extension of the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States is nothing less than lawlessness. It contravenes existing
International Law, violating as it does the principles of national
sovereignty, of non-interference in the internal affairs of another State,
etc.
In addition, the barriers to freedom of movement adopted by the U.S.
executive broaden the embargo to cover areas which had been previously
exempted by law : the free circulation of scientists and of scientific
knowledge. The following will henceforth be systematically disallowed:
professional visits to Cuba by U.S. scientists; visas to the United States
for Cuban scientists (and civil servants, including medical doctors); the
publication in the United States of scientific articles or books by Cuban
authors; granting of soft-ware licenses; Cuban libraries' orders of books,
publications, diskettes or CD-Rom on specialized scientific subjectso?=
This curtailment of the freedom to exercise a scientific profession and to
exchange scientific information destroys one of the most fruitful ways of
developing intellectual cooperation on the basis of humanism and solidarity
among nations. And is it not paradoxical, finally, to try to force Cubans to
give up their civil and political rights, and their jobs as public servants,
in order to received transfers from abroad?
Simultaneously, the U.S. government has announced the allocation of $ 59
million of the taxpayers money for logistic and financial support to
non-governmental organizations and individuals who shall "spread
information" against Cuba in the world. A special fund will be used to pay
for visits to Cuba by "volunteers" who will train and lead "dissidence" on
the island. "Marti" Radio and TV will soon receive some $ 18 million and a
U.S. Army plane will be placed at their disposal in order to facilitate
their broadcasts from Miami -in breach of the rules of the International
Telecommunications Union and in violation of the sovereignty of a State,
member of the United Nations.
The United States embargo against Cuba is illegal and illegitimate. Its
purpose is to destroy a nation and, as such, it is an act of undeclared war
on Cuba. Since it affects the physical and moral integrity of an entire
nation, above all its children and its elderly, it can be likened, at law,
to a crime against humanity.
The toughening of the U.S. anti-Cuban embargo is an attack on freedoms -that
of the Cuban people as well as of all the peoples of the world.
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