NEW: Trump admin. has introduced new travel restrictions on US citizens visiting Cuba, prohibiting stops by cruise ships and blocking organized tour groups.
John Bolton, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, signaled plans to restrict travel in a speech in April to veterans of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion that ended in failure.saidSince Trump entered office in 2017, his administration has staked out a tougher line on Cuba and reimposed sanctions and restrictions eased by former President Barack Obama, who restored diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015.
"Cuba continues to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up U.S. adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law, and suppressing democratic processes," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement."This administration has made a strategic decision to reverse the loosening of sanctions and other restrictions on the Cuban regime.
The Trump administration in April announced it would allow lawsuits to be filed against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from Americans after the 1959 revolution. Washington has maintained a trade blockade against Cuba since the early 1960s.the new travel restrictions, accusing the Trump administration of trying to stifle the country's economy and damage the standard of living of Cubans for political gain."They'll fail again," he tweeted.
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