{"id":228275,"date":"2020-09-28T20:15:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=228275"},"modified":"2020-09-28T20:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T00:15:07","slug":"the-united-states-adds-cuban-remittance-company-ais-to-its-black-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/the-united-states-adds-cuban-remittance-company-ais-to-its-black-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States adds Cuban remittance company AIS to its \u201cblack list\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Department of State has added the Cuban remittance company American International Service (AIS) to its \u201c<\/span>black list<\/span><\/a>,\u201d considering that it is an institution controlled by the Cuban Armed Forces and, as such, is at the service of the island\u2019s \u201crepressive apparatus.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The news was released in a <\/span>press release<\/span><\/a> issued today, in which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ratifies that \u201cThe Cuban military also uses AIS, its parent company FINCIMEX, and other entities to charge fees and manipulate the remittance and foreign currency market as part of the regime\u2019s schemes to make money and support its repressive apparatus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today we placed sanctions on AIS, a Cuban military-controlled company that skims money from remittances sent to the Cuban people. AIS revenues fund the regime\u2019s oppression and its interference in Venezuela. This action will reduce the regime's capacity to repress its own people.<\/p>\n

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) September 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n