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The United States takes steps in the right direction, but the blockade remains in force.

Declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba

On January 14, 2025, the government of the United States announced the following decisions:

1. Remove Cuba from the State Department list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism;

2. Make use of the presidential faculty to prevent US courts from taking action with regards to lawsuits that might be filed by virtue of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act; and

3. Eliminate the list of restricted Cuban entities that designates a group of institutions which US citizens and institutions are not allowed to make financial transactions with, which has had an impact on third countries.

The United States opens up the way to the theft of Cuban trademarks

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba rejects, in the strongest possible terms, the so called “No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act”, recently enacted by President Biden, which was promoted by the anti-Cuban sectors in the Congress of that country.  This is a new unilateral coercive measure aimed at reinforcing the blockade against the Cuban economy. It widens the scope of Section 211 of the Appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1999 which, according to the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization, infringes upon the international system for the protection of intellectual property.

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