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WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The US is limiting the variety of public constitution flights to Cuba, permitting solely a sure variety of such plane by means of to Havana’s Jose Marti Worldwide Airport, in an effort to curb Cuban authorities’s earnings, the U.S. State Division stated in a press release on Friday.
“In the present day’s motion will additional limit the Cuban regime’s skill to acquire income, which it makes use of to finance its ongoing repression of the Cuban individuals and its unconscionable assist for dictator Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a press release.
Representatives for Cuba couldn’t be instantly reached for remark.
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to clamp down on Havana following the historic transfer by his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama to reopen U.S.-Cuba ties. The Trump administration has imposed sanctions as a part of its effort squeeze Cuba for supporting Maduro.
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