WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A group of US-based activists started a 1,300-mile walking rally from the city of Miami to the nation’s capital, to call on authorities in Washington DC to lift the embargo on Cuba, participant Phil Wilayto said on Tuesday.
On their way to the capital, the activists will stop in several cities to explain their position and urge Americans to support lifting the Cuba-related limitations.
US restrictions on trade with Cuba date back to the island nation’s communist revolution in the late 1950s and involve at least a half dozen different US laws. US President Barack Obama took steps to normalize bilateral relations with the island, but many of those steps were reversed by the former presidential administration of Donald Trump. Over Trump’s single four-year term, his administration added 243 new economic sanctions to increase the embargo on Cuba.
On June 23, the United States voted against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the embargo on Cuba, which was adopted by an overwhelming majority of 184 out of 193 member nations.
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