The Policy of the US Blockade takes it out on a Cuban Children’s Hospital

[Mika]

The Policy of the US Blockade takes it out on a Cuban Children’s Hospital
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2010/1018The-Policy-of-the-US-Blockade-takes-it-out-on-a-Cuban.htm

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 18 (acn) The criminal blockade of the United States against Cuba has turned the cardio-center of Havana’s William Soler Children’s Hospital into an objective of that
absurd policy of the US government to destabilize the Caribbean island.

This was denounced in an article published on Monday by Granma newspaper, which points out that the health institution appears on a list for three years now, under the weird and evil label of “denied.”

The list was prepared by the US Department of the Treasury, specifically by an office that has, among its main missions, to prevent US companies, institutions and citizens from establishing commercial links with Cuba.

In this way –reads the article-, if a seriously ill Cuban child needs a medication or
special equipment available only in the US market to alleviate his ailment, he can die.The precise supplies are subjected to a system of special licenses issued as exceptions and after a lot of consideration.

If a US supplier sells the medication or the equipment to the Cuban health authorities, then he’s risking being found out by the aforementioned office, called OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) and subjected a punishment beyond belief for trading with the enemy.

Criminal penalties for violating the Regulations range up to 10 years in prison, $1,000,000 in corporate fines, and $250,000 in individual fines. Civil penalties up to $65,000 per violation may also be imposed.

The newspaper denounces that the report the Cuban government will present at the UN General Assembly on October 26 to back up the resolution rejecting the blockade, explains how in 2009 the OFAC fined seven corporations.

In the first semester of 2010 only, fines on enterprises added up to 2,221,671 dollars, concludes the report by Granma, highlighting that this cruelty goes beyond US borders.




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Just spreading the freedumb and love. :eyes:

There's a story posted on DU about a CVS drug store refusing to help a frequent customer neighborhood woman having a severe asthma attack who was $1 short of the prescription fee for an inhaler. 911 EMS arrived just in time.

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[flamingdem]

1. Welcome back Mika! nt

[Mika]

4. Thanks.

:hi:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Reminds one of the water purification system salesman Canadian James Sabzali who was tried by the US

for "selling to the enemy" and the living hell they put him through in the last few years:

Thursday, 4 April, 2002, 09:45 GMT 10:45 UK
Canadian convicted of trading with Cuba

By the BBC's Mike Fox in Montreal

A US court has convicted a Canadian national of breaking the 40-year old American trade embargo against Cuba, in one of the first cases of its kind. The man, James Sabzali, and two American company executives were found guilty of trading with an enemy of the United States by selling water purification chemicals to Cuba.

Prosecutors said the three men conspired to use foreign subsidiaries to channel American products to Cuba.

Mr Sabzali faces a maximum sentence of more than 200 years in jail although prosecutors have recommended less than five. He is to be sentenced on 28 June.

Criticism from Canada

The Canadian government has criticised the United States over the charges filed against Mr Sabzali, saying it was trying to impose US law outside its own borders. Mr Sabzali is believed to be the first foreign national to be tried and found guilty of violating the act.

More:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1910284.stm

[Judi Lynn]

3. I didn't mention Sabzali does business with hospitals, so that's how he relates to your article.

Also cancer treatment and diagnostic equipment, as well as dialysis equipment containing any US patented parts also falls into this category, creating untold hardship for Cubans who need it.