President Trump says he is reinstating travel and commercial restrictions eased by the Obama administration in an attempt to obtain additional concessions from the Cuban government and human rights for the Cuban people suffering under a dictatorship of Raul Castro.
All the positive and good work done by President Barack Obama is going into negativity and causing divisions among the Cuban-Americans and the American people. When the situation has started to improve in the relations between Cuba and America, President Donald Trump has thrown a spanner in it, causing more harm to the Cuban people than to the rulers. It is retrograde steps both for the Americans and the Cubans.
If he so concerned about democracy, human rights, women’s rights then why has he not imposed such restrictions on Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, China and Egypt who are in the same boat as Cuban insofar as democracy, human rights, women’s rights, press freedom and an independent judiciary in concerned. This is clearly a case of double standards and hypocrisy not on the part of President Donald Trump and the western world. There should be a level playing field and not one rule for some and another rule for the others. The only criteria used is self-interest and ulterior motives by the advanced countries against the smaller and weak countries. This allows flagrant abuse, discrimination, injustice and unrest in world affairs.
Baldev Sharma.
Rayners Lane, Harrow
