{"id":210005,"date":"2019-12-01T07:51:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=210005"},"modified":"2019-12-01T07:51:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T12:51:54","slug":"cuba-and-eu-address-in-havana-escalation-of-u-s-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-eu-address-in-havana-escalation-of-u-s-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and EU address in Havana escalation of U.S. embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/cuba-y-la-union-europea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba and the European Union (EU)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this Friday held in Havana the 2nd Political Dialogue on the Imposition of Unilateral Coercive Measures, amid growing U.S. economic pressures, intensifying the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/embargo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">embargo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with new sanctions on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A EU delegation headed by the head of the Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division of the European External Action Service, Katja Afheldt, arrived this week in Havana for the dialogue, preceded by meetings with businesspeople and representatives of civil society affected by U.S. sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Las medidas coercitivas unilaterales son contrarias al Derecho Internacional y las reglas del comercio. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> y la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UE<\/a> dialogan hoy sobre su imposici\u00f3n como medio para ejercer coerci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica y econ\u00f3mica contra los Estados, su aplicaci\u00f3n extraterritorial y c\u00f3mo contrarrestarlas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0K2NGtF7V\">pic.twitter.com\/R0K2NGtF7V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruno Rodr\u00edguez P (@BrunoRguezP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrunoRguezP\/status\/1200431460634759170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is an issue of the greatest importance for Cuba. In the last period there has been a significant increase in the application of the \u2018blockade\u2019 and similar hostile measures against Cuba,\u201d said the director general of Multilateral Affairs and International Law of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Rodolfo Reyes, at the beginning of the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The controversial Title III<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The diplomat thanked the European countries for their support to the resolution that each year his country presents at the United Nations to call for the end of the embargo, as well as the EU&#8217;s position against the extraterritorial application of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/tag\/helms-burton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helms-Burton Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its newly reactivated titles III and IV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those provisions that Washington kept frozen since 1996 are again being applied since last May and allow filing lawsuits in U.S. courts against companies and individuals that are benefiting from goods and properties nationalized in Cuba after the triumph of the Revolution in 1959.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the face of the reactivation of these titles, the European bloc warned that it will defend \u201cthrough all means\u201d its companies with interests on the island, including the application of the \u201cblockade statute,\u201d which prohibits the application in EU territory of sentences in the United States related to Title III and allows defendants to receive compensation in European courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nvJTCeNPht\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-y-la-ue-repasaran-acuerdo-bilateral-con-vista-puesta-en-ley-helms-burton\/\">Cuba y la UE repasar\u00e1n acuerdo bilateral con vista puesta en ley Helms-Burton<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCuba y la UE repasar\u00e1n acuerdo bilateral con vista puesta en ley Helms-Burton\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/cuba-y-la-ue-repasaran-acuerdo-bilateral-con-vista-puesta-en-ley-helms-burton\/embed\/#?secret=qWyYNEwuK5#?secret=nvJTCeNPht\" data-secret=\"nvJTCeNPht\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nor is a possible lawsuit before the World Trade Organization (WTO) being ruled out, a measure that the EU already resorted to when the Helms-Burton Act was approved in 1996 and was not withdrawn until Washington pledged to withhold the cited Title III<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe welcome the possibility of a dialogue on such an important issue for both parties and for international law and the community,\u201d Reyes added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European representative pointed out that the issue of unilateral coercive measures is increasingly in force and that the extraterritorial effects of the U.S. embargo \u201care illegal and violate the norms of international trade.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Escalation of the embargo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnfortunately, since we met last time (in Brussels in November 2018) we have seen an escalation of the embargo, in force for six decades,\u201d said Afheldt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meetings prior to the institutional dialogue, the EU representatives verified that \u201cthe embargo doesn\u2019t understand the Cuban economy,\u201d imposes economic hardships on the Cuban people and has \u201cmarked effects\u201d on providing health services to the population, the diplomat said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The effects of the Helms-Burton Act have already been felt by European companies such as the Spanish hotel companies Meli\u00e1, Iberostar and Barcel\u00f3 or the French Accor, which have been sued in U.S. courts, although without court rulings for the time being.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"57PdomLEtA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/melia-admite-presiones-por-trabajar-en-cuba\/\">Meli\u00e1 admite \u201cpresiones\u201d por trabajar en Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abMeli\u00e1 admite \u201cpresiones\u201d por trabajar en Cuba\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/melia-admite-presiones-por-trabajar-en-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=PClUVaSKLo#?secret=57PdomLEtA\" data-secret=\"57PdomLEtA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Friday\u2019s talks are part of the five spheres of bilateral dialogue established in the Agreement on Political Dialogue and Cooperation that provisionally came into force at the end of 2017 and that include issues such as human rights and sustainable development, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU representative considered that these dialogues are always \u201cvaluable and constructive\u201d because they help the parties &#8220;understand each other better and find common ground in many matters.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is important that we continue to review and improve these dialogues,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The administration of Donald Trump justifies its renewed hostility towards Havana and the increase in sanctions because of Cuba\u2019s supposed logistical support to keep Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in power, an allegation that the Cuban government rejects.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Cuba and the European Union (EU) this Friday held in Havana the 2nd Political Dialogue on the Imposition of Unilateral Coercive Measures, amid growing U.S. economic pressures, intensifying the embargo with new sanctions on the island. 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