{"id":241538,"date":"2021-07-15T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=241538"},"modified":"2021-07-15T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T20:34:28","slug":"borrell%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cconsiders%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cthat%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8ctrumps%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8csuspension%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cof%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cremittances%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/borrell%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cconsiders%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cthat%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8ctrumps%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8csuspension%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cof%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cremittances%e2%80%8c-%e2%80%8cto\/","title":{"rendered":"Borrell\u200c \u200cconsiders\u200c \u200cthat\u200c \u200cTrump\u2019s\u200c \u200csuspension\u200c \u200cof\u200c \u200cremittances\u200c \u200cto\u200c \u200cCuba\u200c \u200cinfluences\u200c \u200cprotests\u200c"},"content":{"rendered":"

The high representative of the <\/span>European Union (EU)<\/span><\/a> for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, affirmed this Wednesday that the decision of former U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend Cuban families\u2019 remittances influences the situation for which protests have broken out on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want to be honest and we want to know how things are, this situation that has been dramatically worsening in recent months, also has to do with decisions that Mr. Trump made in the last days of his mandate,\u201d said Borrell in a routine appearance before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, he referred to the measure to \u201cprohibit families in Miami from sending, as they have been doing for years, transfers to their families in Cuba.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat means cutting off, overnight, many resources that Cuban families received, due to a decision of the outgoing U.S. administration taken in the last days of its mandate,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the high representative of the European community, \u201cthat also has an influence.\u201d He pointed out that on the island \u201cthe situation is dramatic, they currently lack syringes, medicines, fuel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt has never been easy, but at this time it is more difficult and it is natural that there are times when the tense social and economic situation provokes protest movements,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. restrictive policies on Cuban remittances: effects on families and emerging private sector<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n