WASHINGTON — Democrats in the United States Senate failed this Tuesday in a new attempt to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force against Cuba.
With a vote of 47 votes in favor and 51 against, the initiative to control possible forceful actions on Havana ordered by the executive was stopped by the Republicans who voted as a bloc.
However, Republicans Susan Collins, of Maine, and Rand Paul, of Kentucky, joined the Democratic initiative in the vote that took place this afternoon.
Setback after setback for Democrats
The failed attempt on Cuba joins a series of failures in the Senate to control Trump’s military actions, such as the five votes so that the president cannot order more attacks on Iran or attempts to stop the Republican prior to the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
Before the vote, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said that “Republicans must get ahead of the impending catastrophe in Cuba before it gets even worse, as they should have done with Trump’s war in Iran.”
For their part, the Republicans rejected the accusations of the president’s intention to use force against Cuba and They accused Democrats of ignoring accusations of human rights violations that have been presented against the Castro regime’s appointee Miguel Díaz-Canel.
Since January, the Trump Administration has intensified pressure on Havana with an oil blockade and the president has suggested on several occasions the need for regime change on the island.
After Iran, Cuba
The president trump He stated that “very soon” there will be “a new dawn for Cuba” and has assured that after the war in Iran ends, the next step will be in Cuba.
“We have many extraordinary Cuban Americans – I don’t think there are many in this audience, to be honest -; but if you go to Miami, there we have people, Cuban Americans, people who were treated with brutality, whose families were murdered and victims of atrocities; and now, look what will happen under this new stage,” he said.
Along these lines, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, stressed the need for regime change on the Island and its government system to once again support the country.
Cuba confirmed that it “recently” held talks in Havana with United States officials.
“I can confirm that a meeting between delegations from Cuba and the United States was recently held here in Cuba,” Alejandro García, director of Cuba-United States bilateral affairs at the Foreign Ministry, told the communist newspaper. Granma.
