\u201cToday marks 30 years since the signing of a U.S. law that defies all laws: where has it ever been seen\u2014legislating for another country? By what right?\u201d asserted Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel \u2014 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic \u2014 on the social media platform X. He made these remarks regarding the date marking the three-decade existence of this arbitrary statute, which was signed in 1996 by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his message, the Cuban leader also added that the Helms-Burton Act is not a law, but rather a monstrosity. The President concluded by affirming that the Caribbean island is governed by its own Constitution and laws\u2014a clear challenge to Washington\u2019s pretension of imposing its legal framework upon the Cuban nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For his part, Roberto Morales Ojeda\u2014member of the Politburo and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba\u2014stated via his Facebook profile that \u201cthe passage of the Helms-Burton Act did not represent a mere update to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade, but rather the legal consolidation of a historical strategy of economic strangulation designed by the United States to force a regime change in Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained that \u201cby \u2018codifying the embargo\u2019 as state policy, the Act eliminated the Executive Branch\u2019s capacity to ease sanctions, thereby tying the hands of future administrations and ensuring the continuity of \u2018maximum pressure.’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Likewise, he recalled that \u201cthe blockade\u2019s failure to break the Revolution led to the activation, in 2019, of Title III\u2014which had been suspended for twenty years due to its extraterritorial nature\u201d\u2014an action that enabled lawsuits against companies from third countries and generated a chilling effect on foreign investment. He underscored that \u201cthe true intention of this law is the capitulation of the Cuban people, achieved through the tightening of the siege that hinders access to fuel, food, and medicine\u2014all while ignoring the almost unanimous rejection of the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Echoing these statements, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla also took to social media to denounce the impact of this legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Foreign Minister noted that \u201cthree decades have passed since the signing of the Helms-Burton Act, which codifies the economic strangulation and warfare waged by the United States against the Cuban people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodr\u00edguez Parrilla emphasized the extraterritorial nature of the measure\u2014a principle that distinguishes it from other unilateral sanctions\u2014as well as its violation of international trade norms by intimidating both current and potential investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From its inception, the Helms-Burton Act tightened the economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba; it targeted bilateral relations with third countries and mandated that the U.S. government take punitive measures against those assisting the island\u2014including the seizure of vessels and systematic opposition to the Caribbean nation\u2019s admission into international financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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