United States tightens blockade against Cuba with new sanctions
Opinion article from Zeitung der Arbeit, newspaper of the Austrian Labor Party
The US once again tightens the blockade against Cuba. Communiqué of the Austria-Cuba Friendship Association
US President Donald Trump imposes new unilateral coercive measures against Cuba. In his National Security Policy Memorandum (NSPM) issued on June 30, 2025 and entitled “Toughening U.S. Policy Toward Cuba,” he announced a series of new restrictions.
The memo represents an intensified reissue of the unilateral coercive measures Trump had already adopted at the beginning of his first term in 2017. And it continues a policy that hits Cuba's most important sources of income: trade in goods, remittances from Cubans abroad and tourism.
Austria-Cuba Friendship Association (ÖKG) strongly condemns Trump's new memorandum tightening the blockade against Cuba
Vienna, July 14- The Austria-Cuba Friendship Association issued a strong statement rejecting the new National Security Memorandum (NSPM) signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on June 30, 2025, which intensifies unilateral coercive measures against Cuba.
Austria denounces intensification of blockade against Cuba
Vienna, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The Communist Youth of Austria (KJÖ) issued a statement condemning the presidential memorandum of Donald Trump's administration, which reinforces the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba.
The document issued from Washington and released days ago, is a reissue of National Security Presidential Memorandum No. 5 of 2017 and represents a new attempt to suffocate the island and undermine its sovereignty, the statement said.
Communiqué of the Communist Youth of Austria
For over 60 years, the USA has imposed a blockade that prohibits trade relations with Cuba, which often complicates the supply situation on the island. This is an imperialist attack on Cuba: socialism and Cuban sovereignty are a thorn in the side of the USA, which is why it is prepared to cause great suffering.