The United States “is clearing the way” to increase food exports to Cuba. This was reported on Monday. its embassy in Havana through a tweet, in which he also recalls that in 2021, agricultural products worth almost 300 million dollars.
“The Cuban people are facing shortages of food, medicine and other essential items,” he added on his Twitter account. Brian A Nichols, US Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. “Through licensing and priority exports, the US government has met and will continue to meet these vital needs for the Cuban people,” he said.
In a broader statement released by the diplomatic headquarters, the United States Government highlights that the exemptions to the embargo against the Island allow the aid that “private citizens and religious groups” are sending and that includes “food, medicine and medical equipment that the Cuban people desperately need during a historic crisis.
Exports to Cuba accepted by the US “routinely” include not only food and medicine, but also telecommunications items
Exports to Cuba accepted by the United States “routinely” include not only food and medicine, but also telecommunications items “to improve communications to, from, and between the Cuban people, unless they go to banned Cuban officials or senior members of the Communist Party of Cuba”, details the text.
Likewise, the Joe Biden Administration assures that its State Department works with NGOs and private sector companies to “accelerate the export of basic goods and medical equipment such as syringes, personal protective equipment and much-needed food”, and that the same department , together with the Ministry of Transportation, has approved two private charter airlines to deliver more than 2.7 tons of aid to cities throughout Cuba.
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