Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro during a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara in Santa Clara, Cuba, October 8, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Reuters
Reuters: U.S. to maintain Cuba, Venezuela sanctions until freedoms restored: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would maintain sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela until they restore political and religious freedom.
“We’re confronting rogue regimes from Iran to North Korea and we are challenging the communist dictatorship of Cuba and the socialist oppression of Venezuela,” Trump told a conservative political conference. “And we will not lift the sanctions on these repressive regimes until they restore political and religious freedom for their people.”
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Update: Trump: US Won't Lift Sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela Until They Restore Freedoms (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: Cuba will probably be restoring some (if not most) of its freedoms in the next decade or two .... at least that is my hope. As for Venezuela .... it is in a very dark place right now, predicting its future is next to impossible right now.
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