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Cuba says US sanctions are ‘collective punishment’ during May 1 marches
Key takeaways
- Trump has mused about taking over Cuba, which lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) from Florida and has been under a nearly continuous US trade embargo since Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in 1959.
- Late Friday, he told an audience in Florida that the US would be “taking over” the Caribbean island “almost immediately.”
- In an executive order on Friday, the US leader said he would impose sanctions on people involved in sweeping sections of the Cuban economy, which is steered by the government.
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Add ARY News on Google Cuba said Friday that US President Donald Trump’s fresh sanctions on the island amounted to “collective punishment,” as an enormous May 1 procession outside the American embassy in Havana vowed to “defend the homeland.”
Trump has mused about taking over Cuba, which lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) from Florida and has been under a nearly continuous US trade embargo since Fidel Castro led a communist revolution in 1959.
Late Friday, he told an audience in Florida that the US would be “taking over” the Caribbean island “almost immediately.”
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