The Cuban government reaffirms its condemnation of the Helms-Burton Act, which turned 27 years old on Sunday.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the Helms-Burton Act as "an unconstitutional law that aims to treat Cuba as just another American possession."
247 - Cuban authorities have once again condemned the Helms-Burton Act, signed on March 12, 1996, by then-President of the United States, Bill Clinton. This law intensified the economic, commercial, and financial blockade that Washington imposed on the Caribbean island for six decades.
In a message posted on his official Twitter account, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the date Clinton signed the Helms-Burton Act, which he described as "an unconstitutional law that aims to treat Cuba as just another American possession."
"It's been 27 years and we're still here, independent and sovereign," the Suban head of state wrote on Twitter.
In turn, the Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, stated on the same social network that the Helms-Burton Act "is an instrument of imperialist domination and support for the genocidal blockade of the United States, of an extraterritorial nature."