close Video White House targets Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua National Security Adviser John Bolton brands the countries a ‘troika of tyranny’ while announcing new sanctions over human rights violations and political oppression. The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded several Obama-era policies toward Cuba, while imposing tough sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua – as part of a new crackdown on what National Security Adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism.” Bolton outlined the steps during an event in Coral Gables, Fla., honoring veterans of the United States’ failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. Among the moves being taken against Cuba, the Trump administration is restricting non-family travel to the island and limiting the amount of remittances a person in the U.S. can send to family in Cuba to $1,000 per quarter. US PERMITS LAWSUITS AGAINST COMPANIES USING PROPERTY SEIZED BY CASTRO’S CUBA, POMPEO ANNOUNCES Bolton also announced additions to the Cuba Restrict List, which prohibits direct financial transactions with entities tied to the communist nation’s military, intelligence, and security services. “While the last administration wanted to improve relations with the tyrants in Havana, and to convince the world that they posed no threat, the Cuban regime tightened… Read full this story
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