US actions against Venezuela and Cuba constitute war crimes, US analyst and blogger Andrew Napolitano said in an interview with the TASS news agency, assessing Washington's current policy towards Caracas and Havana.
„Blockades are war crimes. They harm these countries in the supply of food, fuel and medicine and there is no legal basis for them,“ he said, commenting on the situation around Venezuela and Cuba.
„But nothing seems to be able to stop President Donald Trump. Republicans at home are afraid of him. Democrats, for their part, don't have the votes in Congress to mount a major opposition, at least until next year.“ believes the analyst.
Napolitano graduated from law school, served as a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice from 1987 to 1995, and later taught law at several American universities.
At the beginning of January, Washington carried out a military operation aimed at detaining Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transferring him to the United States. The US administration subsequently announced that the United States would take temporary control of Venezuela.
After the intervention in Venezuela, US officials repeatedly expressed the view that the state structure in Cuba could collapse. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has stressed that Havana is not negotiating with Washington, except for technical contacts on migration, but remains ready for a serious and responsible dialogue.
According to him, such a dialogue is only possible „on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect, the principles of international law and mutual benefit, without interference in internal affairs“ and with full respect for Cuban independence by the US.
On 29 January, the White House signed an executive order allowing Washington to impose tariffs on goods from countries that supply oil to Cuba. The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, strongly condemned these measures. According to him, the island is at risk of „total blockade of fuel supplies“, violate all principles of international trade and create for the Cuban population „extreme conditions“.
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