Periodico 26

Despite restrictions imposed by the Donald Trump administration, Americans can still visit Cuba legally and safely, legal experts and travel agency representatives said Thursday.

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, denounced on Tuesday statements by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who congratulated himself on the departure of Cuban doctors from Bolivia.

The U.S. State Department announced Friday it was adding five Cuban hotel facilities to its Restricted List, which prohibits direct financial transactions.

Eleven U.S. Democratic senators opposed to their country's policies against Cuba, sent a letter to the Trump administration to reject the new restrictions imposed on flights to the island.

The White House prohibited the federal government from financing educational and cultural exchange activities with Cuban officials and state entities, allegedly to prevent human trafficking between the two countries, according to a memorandum sent to the State Department.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote on his official Twitter account that the move by the Donald Trump administration to ban commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuban destinations is another attempt to suffocate our country.

US Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of the State of Vermont says the White House and some members of the U.S. Congress have little concern about the impact of the punitive policies of the Donald Trump administration on the Cuban people.

Cubana Airlines announced on Wednesday the cancellation of several of its trips as a result of the latest measures implemented by the U.S. against Cuba, and assured that steps are being taken to address this situation.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four maritime firms and vessels transporting Venezuelan oil to Cuba amid an acute fuel scarcity provoked by Washington on the island that is forcing people to line up for gasoline and public transport.

Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, said on Saturday that because of its failed policies against the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela the United States is showing its outrage by imposing economic sanctions against the Caribbean island.