Peru’s Congress removes energy and mines minister amid sector protests
Romulo Mucho was removed from his post on Tuesday amid protests from small-scale miners in the Andean nation.
The UN General Assembly voted 188-2 on Tuesday to end a trade embargo that has lasted more than 50 years, with Havana calling the policy ‘barbaric’.
The vote, which has continued without results for 22 straight years, is symbolic and unenforceable but diplomatic pressure from global powers is mounting.
“The call of the international community is getting louder and louder, demanding that the US government change its policy toward Cuba,” said China’s deputy UN ambassador Wang Min.
And European nations now oppose the embargo as US legislation punishes foreign firms for trading with Cuba.
While the US has eased travel restrictions on Cubans, the sanctions have remained firm.
Cuba has lost more than $1.1 trillion and anti-AIDS drugs for children are blocked from reaching the island as a result of the embargo, according to Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
Cuba’s nickel industry, key to the country’s exports, is supported by Canadian miner Sherritt International. Sherritt runs one of Cuba’s two nickel plants in a joint venture with Cubaniquel in the city of Moa.
2 Comments
FredinCalgary
The trade embargo is barbaric? What does that mean for the activities of the Cuban government against its own people? Satanic? Mephistophelian? But then the UN is mostly Orwellian so perhaps we can just shrug and go have a beer.
A.C
I don’t know why this embargo was done, and probably the U.S government don’t remember too.
They are realy misfit, because the end of the embarga will profit U.S first, so why they don’t (USA) put a end to it ?