{"id":313327,"date":"2017-06-17T23:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T22:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/not-in-a-position-to-lecture-cuba-fires-back-at-trump-says-blockade-destined-to-fail\/"},"modified":"2017-06-17T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T22:10:45","slug":"not-in-a-position-to-lecture-cuba-fires-back-at-trump-says-blockade-destined-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/not-in-a-position-to-lecture-cuba-fires-back-at-trump-says-blockade-destined-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not in a position to lecture\u2019: Cuba fires back at Trump, says blockade \u2018destined to fail\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/392640-cuba-reacts-trump-blockade\/\"><strong>RT<\/strong><\/a><br \/>June 17, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Havana has blasted US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision Friday to roll back much of Barack Obama\u2019s policy of rapprochement and imposing new restrictions on Cuba using the pretext of human rights concerns, calling it a case of double standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe United States is not in a position to give us lessons. We have serious concerns about the respect and guarantees of human rights in that country, where there are numerous cases of murders, brutality and police abuses, particularly against the African American population,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the Cuban government said in a statement,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.granma.cu\/cuba\/2017-06-16\/declaracion-del-gobierno-revolucionario-16-06-2017-19-06-41\">published<\/a>\u00a0by the Communist Party\u2019s official Granma newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>It went on to note that Washington\u2019s record of encroachment on human rights stretches well beyond its borders. For instance, at its naval base on the<em>\u00a0\u201cillegally occupied\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Guantanamo Bay, the US subjected\u00a0<em>\u201cdozens of prisoners\u201d<\/em>\u00a0to torture and arbitrary detention, it said. The Cuban authorities also reminded Washington of\u00a0<em>\u201cdire consequences for the peace, security and stability\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in the Middle East of its invasion into Iraq under the false pretext and called it out for inflicting mass civilian casualties by carrying pit indiscriminate bombings and drone strikes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: \u2018I\u2019m canceling last administration\u2019s completely one-sided deal with Cuba\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nIFwhcYEUt\">https:\/\/t.co\/nIFwhcYEUt<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOfOLb7HOL\">pic.twitter.com\/bOfOLb7HOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/875878163934568448\">June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dismantling his predecessor\u2019s legacy on Cuba, Trump labelled it a\u00a0<em>\u201cterrible, misguided\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>\u201ccompletely one-sided\u201d<\/em>\u00a0deal and pledged to keep all US sanctions imposed on Cuba in place until it frees all political prisoners, guarantees civil freedoms and holds\u00a0<em>\u201cinternationally supervised\u201d<\/em>\u00a0elections.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>The Cuban government dismissed the allegations, arguing that the Cuban citizens already\u00a0<em>\u201cenjoy fundamental rights and freedoms,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and said that&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/not-in-a-position-to-lecture-cuba-fires-back-at-trump-says-blockade-destined-to-fail.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTJune 17, 2017 Havana has blasted US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision Friday to roll back much of Barack Obama\u2019s policy of rapprochement and imposing new restrictions on Cuba using the pretext of human rights concerns, calling it a case of double standards. \u201cThe United States is not in a position to give us lessons. 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