US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Cuba was able to use profits from the credit card to 'meddle in Venezuela'
THE Donald Trump administration is cracking down on remittances to Cuba in a tightening of Washington’s illegal blockade of the country.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has added American International Services, a debit card issued by Cuban company Fincimex, to the restricted list, making it illegal to conduct financial transactions with it.
Fincimex is a Cuban state company that processes remittances from Cubans abroad. Mr Pompeo claimed that the profits “disproportionately benefit the Cuban military ... funding Cuba’s meddling in Venezuela.” The US describes Cuban medical workers in Venezuela as troops.
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